Pip /(?)/
Pip
n.
- A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a “scale” on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Pip
n.
- A seed, as of an apple or orange. (Bot.)
Pip
n.
- One of the conventional figures or “spots” on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
Pip
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Pipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping
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To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.