What does "pip" mean?
Pip: A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Additional senses
- 2.A seed, as of an apple or orange.
- 3.One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. Addison.
- 4.To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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