as in fleck
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a black horse with white pips
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as in peach
something very good of its kind
that new sports car is a real pip
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chiefly British
as in frustration
the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts
listening to all that chat show blather gives me the pip
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Recent Examples of pip
Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Another pip – that initial crack of an eggshell as a chick begins to hatch – was reported in a second egg Tuesday as Jackie and Shadow took turns carefully watching the hatchling’s progress.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Another pip – that initial crack of an eggshell as a chick begins to hatch – was reported in a second egg Tuesday as Jackie and Shadow took turns carefully watching the hatchling’s progress.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Another pip – that initial crack of an eggshell as a chick begins to hatch – was reported in a second egg Tuesday as Jackie and Shadow took turns carefully watching the hatchling’s progress.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Chelsea round off the top five favourites, pipping the likes of Atlético Madrid (12/1) and Champions League finalists Inter (14/1), plus every non-UEFA representative.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 12 June 2025
Alexander Isak Waugh: Last season, Isak scored 25 goals, yet Gordon (rightly) pipped him.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The two local rivals had been going toe-to-toe all season with United knocking City out of the Women’s FA Cup in April and now - after last weekend’s result - pipping City to the final Champions League qualifying spot at the top of the league.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
They were pipped by Brian Clough’s Derby County, who snuck it by a point.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Had Ortega not stepped up, Arsenal might well have pipped them on goal difference on the final day.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Last year’s recipient of the award, Baldur’s Gate 3 (which pipped Alan Wake II to the gong) takes its world and gameplay mechanics from the pages of a Dungeons and Dragons rulebook.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Nor did the visiting players arrive with an inflatable trophy to goad Wrexham over being pipped to the league title by Dave Challinor’s side, as had happened in each of the last two seasons when these two clubs had gone head-to-head for promotion.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
Bald Eagle Livestream Viewership of the nest cam ramped up with news of the pips.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Another pip – that initial crack of an eggshell as a chick begins to hatch – was reported in a second egg Tuesday as Jackie and Shadow took turns carefully watching the hatchling’s progress.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Another pip – that initial crack of an eggshell as a chick begins to hatch – was reported in a second egg Tuesday as Jackie and Shadow took turns carefully watching the hatchling’s progress.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Another pip – that initial crack of an eggshell as a chick begins to hatch – was reported in a second egg Tuesday as Jackie and Shadow took turns carefully watching the hatchling’s progress.
—Devyn Byers, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
He was pipped on two occasions by a solitary point to the title by Liverpool's North West rivals in what was the highest-quality rivalry in the competition's history.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Chelsea round off the top five favourites, pipping the likes of Atlético Madrid (12/1) and Champions League finalists Inter (14/1), plus every non-UEFA representative.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 12 June 2025
Alexander Isak Waugh: Last season, Isak scored 25 goals, yet Gordon (rightly) pipped him.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The two local rivals had been going toe-to-toe all season with United knocking City out of the Women’s FA Cup in April and now - after last weekend’s result - pipping City to the final Champions League qualifying spot at the top of the league.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
They were pipped by Brian Clough’s Derby County, who snuck it by a point.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Had Ortega not stepped up, Arsenal might well have pipped them on goal difference on the final day.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Last year’s recipient of the award, Baldur’s Gate 3 (which pipped Alan Wake II to the gong) takes its world and gameplay mechanics from the pages of a Dungeons and Dragons rulebook.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Nor did the visiting players arrive with an inflatable trophy to goad Wrexham over being pipped to the league title by Dave Challinor’s side, as had happened in each of the last two seasons when these two clubs had gone head-to-head for promotion.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pip
chirp
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Birds chirped and traffic appeared normal — apart from the bustle at the local fire department in the center of town — as responders continued to manage the remains of the fireworks facility that exploded barely a mile away, just a few days before.—
Jake Goodrick
July 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 July 2025
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Fever, Sun and some spicy beef Caitlin Clark, darling of the WNBA, is not afraid of chirping back.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Pip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pip. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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