pip
/pɪp/ verb C2- To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin. · He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
- To hit with a gunshot. · The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.
He/she/it pips · Past pipped · Past participle pipped · -ing form pipping
Verb forms
- Base form
- pip
- He/she/it
- pips
- Past
- pipped
- Past participle
- pipped
- -ing form
- pipping
Other matches
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- pip Something or someone excellent, of high quality. C2
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- pip To peep, to chirp. C2
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