Kilopound vs. Kip — What's the Difference?

A non-SI unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force.

See Table at currency.

The untanned hide of a small or young animal, such as a calf.

A set or bundle of such hides.

A rooming house.

A place to sleep; a bed.

Sleep.

A unit of weight equal to 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms).

A maneuver in gymnastics, martial arts, and similar sports in which a person moves from lying on the back directly to a standing position by thrusting the legs upward and pushing off with hands placed palms-down near the ears. Also called kip-up.

To sleep.

The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

A bundle or set of such hides.

(obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.

The leather made from such hide; kip leather.

A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.

Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

A very untidy house or room.

A brothel.

A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.

A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.

A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

(gymnastics) A 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.

(Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

To snatch; take up hastily; filch

To hold or keep (together)

To conduct oneself; act

To perform the kip maneuver.

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

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.

Sleep;

The basic unit of money in Laos

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

Be asleep