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# pip

«pip» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/P/pip/#m4)

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

### sense in the 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

- Be careful, this orange has lots of pips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x1)
- We planted an apple pip in a pot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x2)
- The dice showed four pips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x3)
- Our team was pipped to the cup by one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x4)
- Listen for the pips before the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x5)
- Spit the grape pips into the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x6)
- That noise really gives me the pip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pip/#x7)

### 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/school/P/pip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.