Meaning and Origin
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- A submission from North Carolina, U.S. says the name Kip means "Unit of measurement".
- A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.(Scot)
- [Gymnastics] A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar. The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
Etymology: Cf. G. kippe
- A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
- The basic unit of money in Laos
- Sleep ("roused him from his kip")
- Be asleep
1325–75, Middle English kipp, from Middle Dutch kip, from Middle Low German kip (“pack, bundle of hides”)
- The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
- A bundle or set of such hides.
- (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
- The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
1760–70, probably related to Danish kippe (“dive, hovel, cheap inn”) and Middle Low German kiffe (“hovel”). From the same distant Germanic root as cove.
- (informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
- (informal, chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
- I’m just going for my afternoon .
- (informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
- (informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.
From Middle English kippen, from Old Norse kippa (“to pull; snatch”). Cognate with Norwegian kippe (“to snatch”), Swedish kippa (“to snatch; jerk”); Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch”).
1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from kilo + pound.
- A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
1950–55, from Lao ກີບ (kiip).
- The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
Unknown. Some senses may be related to German Kippe (“stub”).
- (gymnastics) 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.
- (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
- (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
kip was also found in the following language(s): Dutch, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Turkish, and West Uvean