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1.nounThe untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
2.nounA bundle or set of such hides.
3.nounA unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
4.nounThe leather made from such hide; kip leather.
5.noun(chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
6.noun(chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze."I’m just going for my afternoon kip."
7.noun(chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
8.noun(chiefly UK) A brothel.
9.verb(chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity."Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed."
10.verbTo snatch; take up hastily; filch
11.verbTo hold or keep (together)
12.verbTo conduct oneself; act
13.nounA unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
14.nounA unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
15.nounA unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
16.nounA basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
17.noun(games) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
18.nounA sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
19.verbTo perform the kip maneuver.