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Rarepip
The correct spelling is pip.
How to pronounce pip
/pɪp/
nounIPA: /pɪp/
Say it like: Pip
The correct spelling is pip. Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza. For example: "He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post."
Usage Examples
“He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.”
“The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- 2.Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
- 3.A pippin, seed of any kind.
- 4.Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- 5.(WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
verb
- 1.To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
- 2.To hit with a gunshot
- 3.To peep, to chirp
- 4.(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
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