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the Pips

the Pips proper noun: the Greenwich Time Signal.

Proper noun

the Pips

  1. (informal) The Greenwich Time Signal.
  2. A backing group for Gladys Knight.

Questions about the Pips

What does the Pips mean?
The Pips means the Greenwich Time Signal.
What part of speech is the Pips?
The Pips is a proper noun.

Words near the Pips in the dictionary

  1. the pen is mightier than the sword
  2. the penny drops
  3. the perfect is the enemy of the good
  4. The Pilliga
  5. The Pinnacles
  6. the Pips
  7. the piss out of
  8. the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
  9. the pits
  10. the plague
  11. the pleasure is all mine

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