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Pipping

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

📖 Definitions of "Pipping"

verb
  1. 1

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

    "He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post."

  2. 2

    To hit with a gunshot

    "The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind."

verb
  1. 1

    To peep, to chirp

  2. 2

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

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