KIP (kipped, kipping)

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Irregular inflected forms: kipped    , kipping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does kip mean? 

• KIP (noun)
  The noun KIP has 3 senses:

1. sleep

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 erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

  Familiarity information: KIP used as a noun is uncommon.

• KIP (verb)
  The verb KIP has 1 sense:

1. be asleep

  Familiarity information: KIP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

roused him from his kip

Hypernyms ("kip" is a kind of...):

nap; sleep (a period of time spent sleeping)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

kip (be asleep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Laos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("kip" is a kind of...):

Laotian monetary unit (monetary unit in Laos)

Meronyms (parts of "kip"):

at (100 at equal 1 kip in Laos)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

kip; upstart

Hypernyms ("kip" is a kind of...):

gymnastic exercise ((gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus))

• KIP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be asleep

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber

Hypernyms (to "kip" is one way to...):

rest (be at rest)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kip"):

bundle; practice bundling (sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed)

catch a wink; catnap; nap (take a siesta)

sleep in; sleep late (sleep later than usual or customary)

hibernate; hole up (sleep during winter)

aestivate; estivate (sleep during summer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

kip (sleep)