Kip

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kip \Kip\, n.
     The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made
     from it; kipskin.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Kip leather.} See {Kipskin}.


        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kip \Kip\, n. [Cf. G. kippe.]
     1. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
        [Scot.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kip
       n 1: sleep; "roused him from his kip"
       2: the basic unit of money in Laos
       3: a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with
          the legs over the upper body and moving to an errect
          position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and
          down while forcing the chest upright [syn: {upstart}]
       v : be asleep [syn: {sleep}, {slumber}, {log Z's}, {catch some
           Z's}] [ant: {wake}]
       [also: {kipping}, {kipped}]