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Word entry · 3 letters

pip

Best crossword clue

"Small seed"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /pɪp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ippStarts with PEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Small seed inside a fruit.

Word origin

From Middle English pippe, from Middle Dutch pip, from post-classical Latin pipita, from Latin pītuīta (“mucus, phlegm, head cold”). Doublet of pituita.

Used in a sentence

  • 1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett I've got the pip horribly at present.
  • Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
  • With this deal Uncle Tom's got on with Homer Cream, it would be fatal to risk giving [Mrs Cream] the pip in any way.

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