Meaning of kip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
2. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
3. A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
   Australia
4. A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
5. Initialism of kinetic impact round (baton round).
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A diminutive of the male given name Kipling.
7. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
   countable, uncountable
8. A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
   Ireland, UK, informal
9. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
10. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
    Scotland
11. A bundle or set of such hides.
    countable, uncountable
12. Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
    Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
13. A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
    nonstandard, rare
14. A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
15. A very untidy house or room.
    Ireland, UK, informal
16. The leather made from such hide.
    countable, uncountable
17. A brothel.
    Ireland, UK, dated, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“'Stockings, madam? Shoes?' 'Yes, your Honor — both.' 'Yarn, perhaps? Morocco?' 'Yarn, your Honor. And kip.'”

“I’m just going for my afternoon kip.”

“Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.”

“Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads or tails finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden kip.”

“Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.”

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