(Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
(Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
(gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
(informal, chiefly UK and Australia) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
(informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
(informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
(informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.
(obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
(rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
A bundle or set of such hides.
A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
verb
(gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.
(informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
(intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To conduct oneself; act
(intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)
(transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
