as in fleck
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a black horse with white pips
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as in peach
something very good of its kind
that new sports car is a real pip
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chiefly British
as in frustration
the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts
listening to all that chat show blather gives me the pip
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Recent Examples of pip
Kermilia White, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Some wine jars dating back 5,000 years ago containing pips and residues have also been discovered in Egypt.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Like shields, your primary weapons are enhanced when five pips of the weapon gauge are filled.
—PCMAG, 14 Aug. 2024
Le Bourget, Paris CNN — Aleksandra Mirosław was stood poised at the base of a 15-meter climbing wall, waiting for three pips of a buzzer to signal the start of her race.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
Incredible between the pips LaFontaine’s 53 saves in the series-clinching overtime win were the most by a Mavericks goaltender this season.
—Zach Welch, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
One of the basic ones was a computer-vision model that could detect the dominoes that were on the table, tell you their orientation, and then tell you how many pips were on each domino: one, five, six, or whatever.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2022
Love, your resident pip with pizzazz.
—Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
Our heroes are the usually unnamed and unsung crew members with but a single lone pip on their collars who show up when senior officers have delegated out their tasks and moved on to the next interesting thing.
—Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020
Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Rodri arrived in England at a Manchester City side who’d just pipped Liverpool to the Premier League title and won a domestic treble.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Since 2007, Italy has been the world’s top producer each year apart from 2011, 2014 and 2023, when it was pipped by France, according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 20 Sep. 2024
Yet when the deciding season-ending matches were played, Rangers lost twice and were eventually pipped to the championship by arch-rivals Glasgow Celtic due to an inferior goal difference.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Grinham pipped teammate Phoebe Paterson Pine to the bronze medal after both Brits had narrowly lost their respective semifinals, while Turkey’s Öznur Cüre Girdi won the gold medal, defeating Iran’s Fatemeh Hemmati in the final.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
Tottenham Hotspur, which Villa pipped to fourth last season, will surely be expecting significant improvements on last season’s transition under new manager Ange Postecoglou.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
The cutlet course was sumptuous, pipped only by the Cornish bitter chocolate tart with a scoop of peanut ice cream for us.
—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 25 July 2024
Coldplay, who announced new album Moon Music last week, are headlining Glastonbury for the fifth time, the all-time record, pipping the Cure, whose 2019 headline set was their fourth time atop the bill.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 June 2024
Noun
Set aside 22 pips for garnish; roughly chop the remaining candy.
—Kermilia White, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Some wine jars dating back 5,000 years ago containing pips and residues have also been discovered in Egypt.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Like shields, your primary weapons are enhanced when five pips of the weapon gauge are filled.
—PCMAG, 14 Aug. 2024
Le Bourget, Paris CNN — Aleksandra Mirosław was stood poised at the base of a 15-meter climbing wall, waiting for three pips of a buzzer to signal the start of her race.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
Incredible between the pips LaFontaine’s 53 saves in the series-clinching overtime win were the most by a Mavericks goaltender this season.
—Zach Welch, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
One of the basic ones was a computer-vision model that could detect the dominoes that were on the table, tell you their orientation, and then tell you how many pips were on each domino: one, five, six, or whatever.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2022
Love, your resident pip with pizzazz.
—Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
Our heroes are the usually unnamed and unsung crew members with but a single lone pip on their collars who show up when senior officers have delegated out their tasks and moved on to the next interesting thing.
—Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020
Verb
Beale Street rides its early momentum to a Best Director win for Jenkins, though once again he’s pipped at the finish line.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Rodri arrived in England at a Manchester City side who’d just pipped Liverpool to the Premier League title and won a domestic treble.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Since 2007, Italy has been the world’s top producer each year apart from 2011, 2014 and 2023, when it was pipped by France, according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 20 Sep. 2024
Yet when the deciding season-ending matches were played, Rangers lost twice and were eventually pipped to the championship by arch-rivals Glasgow Celtic due to an inferior goal difference.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Grinham pipped teammate Phoebe Paterson Pine to the bronze medal after both Brits had narrowly lost their respective semifinals, while Turkey’s Öznur Cüre Girdi won the gold medal, defeating Iran’s Fatemeh Hemmati in the final.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
Tottenham Hotspur, which Villa pipped to fourth last season, will surely be expecting significant improvements on last season’s transition under new manager Ange Postecoglou.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
The cutlet course was sumptuous, pipped only by the Cornish bitter chocolate tart with a scoop of peanut ice cream for us.
—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 25 July 2024
Coldplay, who announced new album Moon Music last week, are headlining Glastonbury for the fifth time, the all-time record, pipping the Cure, whose 2019 headline set was their fourth time atop the bill.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 June 2024
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“Pip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pip. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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