kip

The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

A bundle or set of such hides.

The leather made from such hide; kip leather.

informalchiefly ukA place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.

informalchiefly ukauSleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

“I’m just going for my afternoon kip.”

informalchiefly ukA very untidy house or room.

A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.

A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.

The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.

Australiagamestwo-upA piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

gymnasticsA basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.

ScotlandA sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

informalchiefly ukTo sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

“Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.”

dialectalScotlandNorthern EnglandTo snatch; take up hastily; filch

dialectalNorthern EnglandTo conduct oneself; act

gymnasticsTo perform the kip maneuver.

Be asleepbody