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pip
noun- the best, the finest US, 1897
From “pippin” (the best). - “ That place’s a pip,” I said to the driver. — Horace McCoy, Kiss Tomorrow Good-bye, p. 198, 1948
- For years, decades probably, I had sung: He’s the boss / He’s a pip / He’s the championship. / He’s the most tip-top / Top Cat! — Stuart Jeffries, Mrs Slocombe’s Pussy, pp. 24–5, 2000
- “ That’s Choochy, he’s a pip,” Ziggy said. “Did he really shoot Jesus?” — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 97, 2001
- a star worn by military officers as an indication of rank UK, 1917
- Three months later he got his “pip” as a second lieutenant. — Frederick Forsyth, The Devil’s Alternative, p. 32, 1980
- an unidentified spot on a radar screen US
- — American Speech, p. 154, April 1947: “Radar slang terms”
- a woman’s menstrual period US
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
- in the whe-whe lottery game, a bet that is close to the winning number TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ give someone the pip
to annoy someone UK, 1896- I’m teed off. Things like this give me the pip. — Mickey Spillane, My Gun is Quick, p. 16, 1950
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