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pip

/pɪp/

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noun

Moquillo aviar

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

Examples :

"The farmer worried when several of his chickens developed the pip, showing symptoms like sneezing and a runny nose. "

El granjero se preocupó cuando varias de sus gallinas desarrollaron moquillo aviar, mostrando síntomas como estornudos y secreción nasal.

disease bird animal

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noun

Enfermedad, malestar, depresión

Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.

Examples :

"After weeks of rainy weather and being stuck indoors, a general pip settled over the entire household. "

Después de semanas de clima lluvioso y de estar encerrados en casa, una depresión general se apoderó de toda la casa.

disease mind human

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noun

Semilla

A pippin, seed of any kind.

Examples :

"After eating the apple, Maria carefully collected the pip to plant in her garden. "

Después de comer la manzana, María recogió cuidadosamente la semilla para plantarla en su jardín.

seed plant fruit

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noun

Excelente, de primera

Something or someone excellent, of high quality.

Examples :

""My daughter is a pip at mathematics; she always gets the highest scores in her class." "

Mi hija es excelente en matemáticas; siempre obtiene las calificaciones más altas en su clase.

quality person thing

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noun

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

Examples :

"During World War I, the pilot radioed back "Roger, understand 'Pip' for 'Peter', coordinates received." "

Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, el piloto respondió por radio: "Recibido, entendido 'P' por 'Peter', coordenadas recibidas".

military communication phonetics language history war

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noun

Punto, símbolo

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

Examples :

"The five of diamonds has five pips on it. "

El cinco de diamantes tiene cinco símbolos.

game mark number item

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noun

Insignia de rango

(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 police officer's uniform had two pips on the shoulder, indicating he was a sergeant. "

El uniforme del oficial de policía tenía dos insignias de rango en el hombro, lo que indicaba que era sargento.

military police government organization job wear sign

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noun

Punto, mancha

A spot; a speck.

Examples :

"The child noticed a tiny pip of dirt on his clean white shirt. "

El niño notó un diminuto punto de suciedad en su camisa blanca y limpia.

appearance mark point

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noun

Eco de radar, punto

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

Examples :

"The pilot saw a small pip on the radar screen, indicating another aircraft nearby. "

El piloto vio un pequeño punto en la pantalla del radar, lo que indicaba otra aeronave cerca.

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noun

Brote

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

Examples :

"The gardener carefully planted each pip of lily of the valley, hoping for a fragrant ground cover in the spring. "

El jardinero plantó cuidadosamente cada brote de lirio de los valles, esperando una cobertura del suelo fragante en la primavera.

plant agriculture biology

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verb

Vencer por poco

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

Examples :

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

Lideró toda la carrera, pero fue vencido por poco en la meta.

achievement sport outcome

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verb

Disparar, balear

To hit with a gunshot

Examples :

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

El cazador logró disparar a tres patos desde su escondite.

weapon military action

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verb

Piar

To peep, to chirp

Examples :

"The baby chick started to pip loudly inside its egg, letting us know it was about to hatch. "

El pollito comenzó a piar ruidosamente dentro de su huevo, haciéndonos saber que estaba a punto de nacer.

sound animal bird nature

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verb

Picar

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

Examples :

"The chick began to pip a tiny hole in its shell. "

El polluelo comenzó a picar un pequeño agujero en su cascarón.

biology bird animal process

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noun

Pitido

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 :

"The radio announced the hour with a series of six pips before the news began. "

La radio anunció la hora con una serie de seis pitidos antes de que comenzaran las noticias.

sound electronics communication technology signal time

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noun

El incremento de precio más pequeño

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

Examples :

"The trader made a profit of 50 pips on the EUR/USD pair today. "

El operador obtuvo una ganancia de 50 pips en el par EUR/USD hoy.

business finance