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# kip

«kip» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sleep or a nap; to kip means to sleep, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a kip — slang; kip, kips — money); verb (kip, kips, kipped, kipping — slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, UK, Ireland, Australia) A kip is a sleep or a nap; to kip means to sleep, especially somewhere other than your own bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#m1)

2) (slang, Ireland) A kip is a dirty, messy, horrible place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#m2)

3) The kip is the money of Laos, a country in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British, Irish and Australian talk it is a relaxed word for sleep: «I'm going for a kip». «Kip down» means to sleep somewhere for the night, like on a sofa. In geography lessons, the kip is Laos's currency. Phrases: «have a kip», «grab a kip», «kip down».

### examples

- I'm knackered — I need a kip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#x1)
- Grandad has a kip after Sunday lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#x2)
- Can I kip on your sofa tonight? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#x3)
- We kipped in the car on the way to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#x4)
- (Ireland) This room's an absolute kip — tidy it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#x5)
- The price was 10,000 kip in Laos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kip/#x6)

### note

Slang, informal; do not use in essays — say «sleep» or «nap». Double p: kipped, kipping. «Kip down» = sleep somewhere for the night. The money sense is a different word from the Lao language.

### Trees and pragmatics

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