pippin
pip·pin
noun \ˈpi-pən\Definition of PIPPIN
1
: a crisp tart apple having usually yellow or greenish-yellow skin strongly flushed with red and used especially for cooking
2
: a highly admired or very admirable person or thing
Examples of PIPPIN
- <gave a pippin of a commencement speech that earned a standing ovation>
Origin of PIPPIN
Middle English pepin, from Anglo-French
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to PIPPIN
- Synonyms
- beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, doozy (or doozie also doozer), dream, honey, hot stuff, humdinger, hummer, knockout, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, jim–dandy, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart
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