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kip1 nounkip2 verb kipkip1 /kɪp/ noun [singular, uncountable] kip1Origin: 1800-1900 Danish kippe ‘cheap hotel’ - But experts who monitored Vincent are baffled why he never needs much kip.
- Em's been working in that kip for six years, since I was twelve.
- If your husband isn't going to be available until mornin' I think I'd just as soon get some kip.
- It's so hard to work on full glow when you've only had a couple of hours kip.
- It seems like if he is asleep the rest of them have a 90m kip too.
- Nothing much was doing, though, and eventually I went home for a bite to eat and a well-deserved kip.
- The collapse of the kip means a mid-ranking civil servant now earns about $ 21 a month.
to sleep► sleep · Charlotte was sleeping and her mother didn't want to wake her.· If my snoring is that bad, I'll go down and sleep on the sofa.sleep (for) 2 hours/ten minutes etc · I had slept only a few hours, but I had to get up early.· I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week.· Is the baby sleeping all night now?sleep well/badly · I didn't sleep very well last night, so I couldn't concentrate on the exam. ► sleep the time when you are sleeping: · Eight hours' sleep a night is enough for most people.· Depression can be caused simply by a lack of sleep.get some/a lot/not much etc sleep: · I don't suppose you got much sleep last night.in your sleep (=while you are sleeping): · Katie sometimes talks in her sleep.· Grandad died peacefully in his sleep.deep sleep (=a sleep that is difficult to wake up from): · A sudden noise on the street woke Eileen from a deep sleep. ► be asleep to be sleeping: · It was nine o'clock and Nicky was still asleep.· We found mom asleep on the sofa.· Deborah, are you asleep?be fast/sound asleep (=sleeping very well): · By the time her father had carried her up to bed, the child was sound asleep.· The baby had been fast asleep ever since we arrived.be half asleep (=nearly asleep): · The old man was half asleep and barely able to respond to the policeman's questions. ► get some sleep also catch up on some sleep to sleep after a period of time when you have not been able to sleep because of illness, worry, work etc: · You must stop worrying and try to get some sleep.· I'll have to finish the job, but I can catch up on some sleep tomorrow night. ► have a kip/get some kip British informal to sleep, especially when you are very tired and you need to sleep: · You can have a kip in the car on the way.· There's nothing worse than other people around when you're trying to get some kip. ► slumber written sleep - used especially in literature: · He had fallen into a deep slumber by the fire.· The giants awoke from their enchanted slumber. ► had ... kip I’ve only had an hour’s kip. ► get some kip We ought to get some kip. British English informal a period of sleep: I’ve only had an hour’s kip. We ought to get some kip.kip1 nounkip2 verb kipkip2 verb (past tense and past participle kipped, present participle kipping) [intransitive] British English informal VERB TABLEkip |
Present | I, you, we, they | kip | | he, she, it | kips | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | kipped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have kipped | | he, she, it | has kipped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had kipped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will kip | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have kipped |
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Present | I | am kipping | | he, she, it | is kipping | | you, we, they | are kipping | Past | I, he, she, it | was kipping | | you, we, they | were kipping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been kipping | | he, she, it | has been kipping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been kipping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be kipping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been kipping |
- Bruce himself was spotted kipping on a couch at 4.30am.
- I just stayed out, kipping at me mate's and that.
- My mum says he can kip on her sofa because she likes anyone with a Manc accent.
- Tom, you know you can kip on my sofa anytime.
► sleep to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep: · Most people sleep for about eight hours.· He slept downstairs.· Did you sleep well? ► be asleep to be sleeping: · The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her.· He was fast asleep (=completely asleep) by the time I got home. ► oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning: · I overslept and was late for work. ► take a nap (also have a nap especially British English) (also have forty winks informal) to sleep for a short time during the day: · I think I’ll have a nap.· She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap. ► have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed: · I think I’ll have a quick snooze. ► doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken: · I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing.· I must have dozed off (=started sleeping) halfway through the film. ► kip British English informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal use: · I kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days.· Is it alright if I kip on the floor? to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your homekip down There are rooms for drivers to kip down for the night.kip on Mum says you can kip on the sofa tonight. |