[ UK /kˈɪp/ ]
[ US /ˈkɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. the basic unit of money in Laos
  2. sleep
    roused him from his kip
  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
VERB
  1. be asleep
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How To Use kip In A Sentence

  • When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
  • They also caught a couple of large kingfish and many skipjack.
  • Hale and hearty, though aged, strong-featured, with the tough and leathery skin produced by long years of sunbeat and weatherbeat, his was the unmistakable sea face and eyes; and at once there came to me a bit of Kipling's A Winner of the Victoria Cross
  • I sat for a moment, wondering what on earth Kip would have done to me once he learned - if he did not already know - that it was I who snitched, when something stung the side of my face a bit.
  • She did it again and then did a little skip. The Sun
  • I had a quick kip after lunch.
  • It explains why some people must have a full eight hours' kip while others get away with half that. The Sun
  • Retrieve the lure rapidly in skips and skitters over the tops of lily pads, along log edges, and above the weeds. Bait and Switch
  • Just because the clothes are less formal, that doesn't mean you skip regular clothing maintenance like ironing and washing.
  • In fact, I found myself reluctant to skip any topic in the book.
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