Pep vs. Pip
Pepverb
(transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
Pipnoun
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
Pepnoun
Energy, high spirits.
Pipnoun
(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
Pepnoun
liveliness and energy;
‘this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep’;
Pipnoun
(obsolete) a pippin, seed of any kind
Pipnoun
(UK) a seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple
Pipnoun
something or someone excellent, of high quality
Pipnoun
P in RAF phonetic alphabet
Pipnoun
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
Pipnoun
One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
Pipnoun
A spot; a speck.
Pipnoun
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
Pipnoun
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Pipnoun
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
Pipnoun
The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
Pipverb
To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin
‘He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.’;
Pipverb
To hit with a gunshot
‘The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.’;
Pipverb
To peep, to chirp
Pipverb
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
Pipnoun
A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Pipnoun
A seed, as of an apple or orange.
Pipnoun
One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc.
Pipverb
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
‘To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.’;
Pipnoun
a disease of poultry
Pipnoun
a minor nonspecific ailment
Pipnoun
a small hard seed found in some fruits
Pipnoun
a mark on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
Pipnoun
a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
Pipverb
kill by firing a missile
Pipverb
hit with a missile from a weapon
Pipverb
defeat thoroughly;
‘He mopped up the floor with his opponents’;
