pipped

Verb (1)

pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)

1. (transitive) To remove the pips from.
   • Peel and pip the grapes.

Verb (2)

pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)

1. (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
   • He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.

   Synonyms:

   pip to the post

2. (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
   • The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.

Verb (3)

pip (third-person singular simple present pips, present participle pipping, simple past and past participle pipped)

1. (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
2. To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.

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