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1pipped at the post — Defeated at the point when success seemed certain, or at the last moment • • • Main Entry: ↑pip …
2pipped (up) — mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ I’m not drunk. Just a little pipped up. □ She’s pipped and ready to get sick …
3Pipped — Pip Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pipping}.] [See {Peep}.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. [1913 Webster] To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …
4pipped, pipping — verb (T) BrE informal 1 pip sb at the post to beat someone at the last moment in a race, competition etc, when they were expecting to win: I nearly got the job, but was pipped at the post by the other candidate. 2 to beat someone in a race,… …
5pipped — pɪp n. stone, pit, seed; kernel; chirp, peep, sound made by a bird v. (Slang) win, be victorious; defeat, beat; fail, be unsuccessful; cause failure, make unsuccessful …
6pipped at the post — Narrowly beaten …
7pipped — ˈpipt adjective Etymology: pip (I) + ed 1. : suffering from the pip 2. slang : intoxicated …
8be pipped at the post — be pipped at/to the post British & Australian 1. to be beaten in a competition or race by a very small amount. I d have won quite a lot of money but my horse was pipped at the post. (British & Australian) 2. to be beaten in a competition or race… …
9be pipped to the post — be pipped at/to the post British & Australian 1. to be beaten in a competition or race by a very small amount. I d have won quite a lot of money but my horse was pipped at the post. (British & Australian) 2. to be beaten in a competition or race… …
10pip — [[t]pɪ̱p[/t]] pips, pipping, pipped 1) N COUNT: usu pl Pips are the small hard seeds in a fruit such as an apple, orange, or pear. 2) VERB If someone is pipped to something such as a prize or an award, they are defeated by only a small amount.… …
