kip

UK: /ˈkɪp/ US: (kip)

Inflections of 'kip' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

kips

v 3rd person singular

kipping

v pres p

kipped

v past

kipped

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

kip¹  (kip), n. 

1. the hide of a young or small beast.
2. a bundle or set of such hides.

• Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kip pack (of hides); akin to Old Norse kippa bundle
• Middle English kipp 1325–75

kip²  (kip), n. 

1. Weights and Measures a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (453.6 kilograms).

• ki(lo) + p(ound)² 1910–15, American.

kip³  (kip), n. 

1. Currency a paper money and monetary unit of Laos, equal to 100 at. Abbr.: K.

• Lao kì:p currency unit, ingot
• 1950–55

kip⁴  (kip), n., v., kipped, kip•ping. [Chiefly Brit.]
n. 

1. British Terms a place to sleep;
   bed.
2. British Terms sleep.

v.i. 

3. British Terms to sleep or nap.

• 1760–70, in sense "brothel''; compare Danish kippe hovel, dive, Dutch kuf dive, brothel, Middle Low German kuffe, küffe, kiffe hovel; perh. ultimately expressive variants of the Gmc base of cove¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

kip / kɪp/ noun

1. sleep or slumber: to get some kip
2. a bed or lodging

verb (kips, kipping, kipped)(intransitive)

1. to sleep or take a nap
2. (followed by down) to prepare for sleep

Etymology: 18th Century: of uncertain origin; apparently related to Danish kippe common alehouse

kip / kɪp/, kipskin / ˈkɪpˌskɪn/ noun

1. the hide of a young animal, esp a calf or lamb

Etymology: 16th Century: from Middle Dutch kipp; related to Middle Low German kip, Old Norse kippa bundle

kip / kɪp/ noun

1. a small board used to spin the coins in two-up

Etymology: 19th Century: from kep