noun
- a small hard seed in a fruit
- a dot or spot on dice, dominoes, or playing cards
- a short high-pitched sound made by electronic equipment
verb
- to make a short high-pitched sound
- to defeat by a small margin
Usage: informal
Examples
- She removed the pips from the apple before eating it.
- The dice showed five pips on each face.
- The smoke detector gave three quick pips.
- My watch pips every hour on the hour.
- Our team was pipped at the post by just one point.
- Orange pips can be bitter if you bite them.
- The timer will pip when the cookies are done.
- They pipped their rivals in the final seconds of the game.