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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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