Pipping

3 definitions found

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

  Pip \Pip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pipping}.] [See {Peep}.]
     To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. --Boyle.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pip
       n 1: a disease of poultry
       2: a minor nonspecific ailment
       3: a small hard seed found in some fruits
       4: a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn:
           {spot}]
       5: a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a
          reflecting surface [syn: {blip}, {radar target}]
       v 1: kill by firing a missile [syn: {shoot}]
       2: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: {shoot}, {hit}]
       3: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his
          opponents" [syn: {worst}, {mop up}, {whip}, {rack up}]
       [also: {pipping}, {pipped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pipping
       See {pip}