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How to use pip in a sentence

26 example sentences · noun, verb

Pip means any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. Example: “Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.”

Examples of pip by meaning

nounA disease, malaise or depression in humans.

  • You're giving me the pip.”2021 September 2, Paul Simms, “The Prisoner” (1:11 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Laszlo...

nounA seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple.

  • Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.

nounSomething or someone excellent, of high quality.

  • She sure is a pip, that one.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 612

verbTo remove the pips from.

  • Peel and pip the grapes.

verbTo get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.

  • He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
  • Arteta faced much scrutiny after Spurs pipped the Gunners to Champions League football on the final day of last season, with opposite number Conte deservedly hailed for the transformation he had overseen in just a few months at the helm.2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport
  • Some 28 percent said he was the best performer, pipping DeSantis by one point2023 August 24, Rob Crilly, “Vivek Ramaswamy beats Ron DeSantis for best performance AND tops Donald Trump as the 'real winner' in poll of...

verbTo hit with a gunshot.

  • The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.

nounOne of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds...

  • I could clearly hear the frequent cataclysms of the upstairs lavatory, and my day began with the pips for the morning news in Charlotte Lawless's kitchen.1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter

nounThe smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

  • The set-and-forget trader is playing fundamental direction and is seeking very large moves of 150 to 300 pips.2015, Abe Cofnas, “Trading Styles and Strategies”, in The Forex Trading Course: A Self-study Guide to Becoming a Successful Currency...

More sentences with pip

  • Loved that compound, just hated then pip it would leave me with.2012 August 30, PillarofBalance, The Iron Den. From the entry trensomnia
  • Certain fruits must be sieved or put through a mouli to get out the skins and pips.1978, Ireland of the Welcomes, volume 27, Irish Tourist Board. From the entry mouli
  • On the spot, ready to the last button, at twelve pip emma.1938, P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters. From the entry pip emma
  • Mona came with a late run to pip Jim's Boy on the post in 2.13¼.1933 July 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 4, column 4. From the entry razoo
  • "And boy," he splurged, "we are filming a peach, a pip and a wow!1930, Robert E. Howard, Sailors' Grudge. From the entry splurge
  • I'm feeling a bit pipped this morning—got turfed out of bed at seven o'clock and all that.1921, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Jill the Reckless. From the entry turf out
  • I could just picture the bad old pip sitting down eating Alice’s nice piecake.1920 April 30, Dorothy Elizabeth Young, “Mail Box of Mr. Longears, the Rabbit Gentleman”, in The St. Louis Star, volume 34, number 180…. From the entry piecake
  • He seemed plumb possessed of gloom, and moped around like a chicken with the pip.1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 15, in Arizona Nights. From the entry like a chicken with the pip
  • Farewell HelloFresh, goodbye shave club and toodle pip Disney+.2022 July 1, Robert Shrimsley, “Time to change my misguided subscription model”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry toodle pip
  • In the meantime he will continue to squeeze the Iranian economy until the pips squeak because clearly it is bothering them.2019 September 22, Tim Newark, “Trump strikes right tone in necessary face-off with Iran”, in The Express. From the entry until the pips squeak
  • Pip Lincolne, owner of Meet Me At Mike's in Fitzroy, stocks cutesy, Japanese-style knitted or crochet toys, known as amigurumi.2008 April 20, Rachelle Unreich, “The play’s the thing”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic., archived from the original on 02 Nov 2018. From the entry amigurumi
  • I can do a French accent or a German accent or a British accent. (Doing British accent) Pip, pip!1990, Gail Golden (book), Grant Golden (music and lyrics), A Little Bit of Magic, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, page 1. From the entry pip-pip
  • Such ailments as sorehead and pip also took their toll.1977, Kathryn Tucker Windham, Southern Cooking to Remember, page 106. From the entry sorehead
  • One, with long hanging pips, was trying to edge the other, a leansome male, lest there should be the possibility of a gift.2015, Raja Rao, Collected Stories. From the entry leansome
  • If they think their peers or bosses really do, then they are seriously deluding themselves; I'm afraid the Martyr will be exploited until the pips squeak.2011, Andrew Holmes, Pains in the Office: 50 People You Absolutely, Definitely Must Avoid at Work!. From the entry until the pips squeak
  • His head protruded out of his torn collar much as the head of the tortoise protrudes from its shell, the throat unwrinkling, the eyes like beads, or pips of jet.1959, Mervyn Peake, chapter 66, in Titus Alone, New York: Ballantine, published 1968, page 179. From the entry unwrinkle

Meaning of pip

  1. noun Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
  2. noun A disease, malaise or depression in humans.
  3. noun A pippin, seed of any kind.

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Questions about pip in a sentence

How do you use pip in a sentence?
Pip is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.”
What is a short sentence with pip?
“Peel and pip the grapes.”
What does pip mean?
Pip means any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.

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