as in dots
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 beauties
something very good of its kind
that new sports car is a real pip
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as in frustrations
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 pips
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
First, the Blue = group requires 5 pips of the same number, and the only number that fits that bill is 2.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
This is basically the company’s quick battery swapping system, which pips the Stark Varg EX’s plug-only capability.
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New Atlas,
21 May 2026
Noun
My mother spitting cherry pips with me and my sister.
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Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
First, the Blue = group requires 5 pips of the same number, and the only number that fits that bill is 2.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
Very few top teams play with two up front, but one side at least pips them — with reigning champions Argentina usually deploying Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez as a duo.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
This is basically the company’s quick battery swapping system, which pips the Stark Varg EX’s plug-only capability.
—
New Atlas,
21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pips
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All over the island, the residential areas were clustered with dots, along forest edges and around people’s yards.
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Meanwhile, the mouse’s sensor, a simple PixArt PAW3222, supports a maximum tracking resolution of 4,000 dots per inch (dpi), from a minimum of 400dpi.
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Cotton Candy Grapes These high-sugar green beauties really do taste like cotton candy.
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The best office chairs on Amazon can fix that, ranging from our favorite overall, Herman Miller’s Aeron Office Chair, to ergonomic beauties from Branch, Flexispot, and Haworth that come cosigned by AD staffers.
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Those frustrations could be on the verge of boiling over.
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South Africa has a history of xenophobic violence as migrants from poor nations like Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi generally end up settling in impoverished communities in South Africa where unemployment and frustrations are high.
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Yurov laughs hysterically and chirps back at Kreider.
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Light streams through the frosted glass, catching flecks of dust.
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But flecks of green were visible throughout the stadium as Algeria fans made their presence known as well.
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As the nation turns 250 years old, USA TODAY decided to create a time capsule, not of items but of dreams Americans hold for the country’s future.
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.
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If your baby suffers from skin irritations such as eczema, rough patches, redness dryness or rashes, the All Over Ointment Eczema Treatment with Colloidal Oatmeal can help provide relief.
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All parts of the plant contain urushiol which causes significant and long-lasting skin irritations for most people.
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One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
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Kansas City isn't much of a pedestrian city, but now, blue and green specks of fans dot the sidewalks, like wildflowers poking through a crack in the pavement.
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“Pips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pips. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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