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# pip

«pip» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A small seed in fruit such as an apple, orange, lemon or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pip, pips); verb (pip, pips, pipped, pipping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small seed in fruit such as an apple, orange, lemon or grape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#m1)

2) A short high sound, like the time signal on the radio (the pips). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#m2)

3) A small spot or symbol, such as a dot on a dice or a star on an officer's uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#m3)

4) (verb, UK, informal) To beat someone by a very small amount: pipped at the post. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#m4)

5) (UK, informal) Give someone the pip: annoy them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Not used in this sense: the sentence has "piped with pipes", meaning played flutes. Interpretation: The people played flutes and rejoiced when Solomon was anointed king, and the tradition sees this as the joy at a king's rightful crowning. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on plants a pip is a seed that can grow into a new plant. In maths dice problems, the pips are the dots. In sport and everyday British talk, someone was pipped to first place by a tiny margin. Phrases: pipped at the post, squeeze someone until the pips squeak.

### examples

- And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. (Prophets 1KI.1.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x1)
- Be careful, this orange has lots of pips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x2)
- We planted an apple pip in a pot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x3)
- The dice showed four pips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x4)
- Our team was pipped to the cup by one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x5)
- Listen for the pips before the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x6)
- Spit the grape pips into the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x7)
- That noise really gives me the pip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/#x8)

### note

Pip is used for small seeds; big ones are stones (peach) or pits (US). Past form pipped (double p). Also a name, as in Pip from Great Expectations.

### In the corpora

- [By the next morning, Pip's glad of the quiet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling/30/)
- [Seeds cannot grow in your stomach, which is dark, very acidic and has no soil; swallowed pips simply pass through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/1-what-really-happens-to-things-you-swallow/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.