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KIP
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Irregular inflected forms: kipped , kipping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
kip; upstart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("kip" is a kind of...):
gymnastic exercise ((gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Laos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("kip" is a kind of...):
Laotian monetary unit (monetary unit in Laos)
Meronyms (parts of "kip"):
at (100 at equal 1 kip in Laos)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Sleep
Example:
roused him from his kip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("kip" is a kind of...):
nap; sleep (a period of time spent sleeping)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Derivation:
kip (be asleep)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be asleep
Synonyms:
catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "kip" is one way to...):
rest (be at rest)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kip"):
bundle; practice bundling (sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed)
catch a wink; catnap; nap (take a siesta)
sleep in; sleep late (sleep later than usual or customary)
hibernate; hole up (sleep during winter)
aestivate; estivate (sleep during summer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
kip (sleep)
