pip

Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.

Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.

A pippin, seed of any kind.

Something or someone excellent, of high quality.

(WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.

One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.

(public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.

A spot; a speck.

A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.

A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation

To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin

“He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.”

To hit with a gunshot

“The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.”

To peep, to chirp

(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg

One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.

(currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.