kip /ˈkɪp/
小牛皮,旅店,床,重量單位(1000磅)(vi.)住旅店,逃學
Kip n. The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.
Kip leather. See Kipskin.
Kip n.
1. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill. [Scot.]
2. Gymnastics 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.
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kip
n 1: sleep; "roused him from his kip"
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 errect
position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and
down while forcing the chest upright [syn: upstart]
v : be asleep [syn: sleep, slumber, log Z's, catch some
Z's] [ant: wake]
[also: kipping, kipped]