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pips

/pɪps/

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noun

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

Examples :

"The farmer worried when several of his chickens showed signs of pips, including sneezing and watery eyes. "

disease bird animal medicine

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Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.

Examples :

"After a week of bad news and little sleep, she admitted she had a case of the pips. "

human disease mind

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noun

A pippin, seed of any kind.

Examples :

"The gardener carefully collected the pips from the apple core. "

seed plant fruit

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noun

Something or someone excellent, of high quality.

Examples :

"My younger sister is a real pip; she always gets top marks in school. "

quality character person

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

Examples :

"During World War I, a pilot might spell out "Apple Pips Orange" over the radio, meaning "Apple P Orange", using "pips" for the letter P. "

military language communication phonetics word sign history

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noun

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

Examples :

"The playing card showed only two pips, making it a low card. "

game number item

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

Examples :

"The firefighter's uniform had two pips on the shoulder, indicating his rank as a lieutenant. "

military police appearance job government

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noun

A spot; a speck.

Examples :

"The tiny pips of dust motes danced in the sunbeam. "

mark appearance

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

Examples :

"The radar screen showed several pips, indicating possible boats in the fog. "

technology electronics signal military nautical

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noun

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

Examples :

"The gardener carefully separated the lily of the valley pips to plant them in different areas of the garden. "

plant agriculture biology

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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.

Examples :

"We waited anxiously for the six pips from the radio, signaling the exact start of the new year. "

sound electronics communication signal technology time device utility

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

Examples :

"The trader made a profit of 50 pips on his Euro/USD trade today. "

business finance economy