kip

Определение kip в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: A diminutive of the male given name Kipling; Piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up; 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; A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound; A bundle or set of such hides; The leather made from such hide; kip leather; A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat; To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity
Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.; Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze
I’m just going for my afternoon kip.; A brothel; A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds; The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK; A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds; A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed; The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat; A very untidy house or room; A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill; A method or feat of raising the body when hanging or swinging by the arms, as for the purpose of mounting upon the horizontal bar; A load of 1000 lbs; {f} sleep, take a nap, go to bed; Very untidy house or room; A move or maneuver from below the equipment to above it; The legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body; sleep; "roused him from his kip"; The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin; 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; A term sometimes used to represent a unit load of 1,000 lb; Unit of weight or force equal to 1,000 pounds (20); CRS Keep alone if possible; 1 a unit of Laotian currency; the basic unit of money in Laos; Assistance given by a Coach whilst on the Bed; can be used to increase, neutralise or lower the trampolinist's bouncing height; 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); a kilopound (1000 lb ); convenient unit for structural calculations; The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol â‚; To sleep; The coach sends the trampolinist higher by stamping on the bed sharply; A unit of weight equal to 1,000 pounds used to express dead weight; A unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds; Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze, siesta; A unit of measure equal to 1,000 pounds (4 4KN); movement from a position below the equipment to a position above; A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons) or sometimes equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds; A move from below the apparatus to above it; Kip is sleep. Mason went home for a couple of hours' kip. = sleep; be asleep
Kip Keino: orig. Hezekiah Kipchoge Keino born Jan. 17, 1940, Nandi Hills, Kenya Kenyan distance runner. He was originally a goatherd and trained for distance running in the hill country. At the high-altitude 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the 5,000-m race and, in one of running's greatest upsets, a gold medal in the 1,500-m race, beating Jim Ryun of the U.S. At the 1972 Olympics, Keino won a silver medal in the 1,500-m and a gold in the 3,000-m steeplechase
kip down: {f} hit the hay, go to sleep, go to bed to sleep, turn in
kipped: past of kip
kipping: present participle of kip
kips: plural of kip
kips: third-person singular of kip