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Kipping

(chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

📖 Definitions of "Kipping"

verb
  1. 1

    (chiefly UK) To 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."

verb
  1. 1

    To snatch; take up hastily; filch

  2. 2

    To hold or keep (together)

  3. 3

    To conduct oneself; act

verb
  1. 1

    To perform the kip maneuver.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kipping"

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WordDefinition
knippersnounA surname.
hoppingnounThe act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
kippernounA split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.
kipplenoun(colloquial) useless items; junk; clutter
kitchingnounA surname, variant of Kitchen.
kippaxnounA large village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4130).
kipnernounA surname.
jinkingsnounA surname.
skippnounA surname.
kitchinnounA surname, variant of Kitchen.
kibbynounA surname.
jumpverb(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
kipnisnounA surname.
knippnounA surname.
jinkinsnounA surname.
kinkaidnounA surname.
kitenounA bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
kinsingernounA surname.
kinchnounA surname.
kitchernounA surname.

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