A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body
Any place a cutter can put his feet up and sleep for a night, especially cheap flophouses in the Hive or elsewhere Also, to "call kip" is to make a place a body's home, at least for a while
If you kip somewhere, usually somewhere that is not your own home or bed, you sleep there. He moved from one friend's flat to another, first kipping on the floor of Theodore's studio. = sleep. See table at currency. A unit of weight equal to 1,000 pounds (455 kilograms). a period of sleep (kippe ). kipped kipping to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home kip down
a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an errect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
{i} skin of a young animal; bundle of skins; unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds; main monetary unit of Laos; place to lodge overnight (British); bed, place to sleep (British); sleep (British)