personal independence payment: a UK benefit paid to disabled people who need aids to help them live independently
The row erupted after the budget revealed that the chancellor’s biggest single revenue-raising measure over the next five years would be cutting PIP by £1.3bn.
Submitted on: 17/03/2016
PIP
noun
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pipnoun
DEFINITIONS1
1
personal independence payment: a UK benefit paid to disabled people who need aids to help them live independently
The row erupted after the budget revealed that the chancellor’s biggest single revenue-raising measure over the next five years would be cutting PIP by £1.3bn.
Submitted on: 17/03/2016
pip
noun countable
UK /pɪp/
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pipverb
PIPnoun
pip someone at the postphrase
Word Forms
singular
pip
plural
pips
DEFINITIONS4
1
Britisha small seed in a piece of fruit
raspberryjam without any pips in it
Synonyms and related words
Parts of fruit and substances in fruit
bruising
core
dextrose
2
a short high sound, especially one made by a piece of electronic equipment
Synonyms and related words
Short and high sounds
beep
bleep
chirp
2a
the pips
plural Britisha series of short high sounds broadcast on the radio to show the time at exactly one o’clock, two o’clock etc
Synonyms and related words
Telling the time by a clock
0900/1300 etc hours
about
advanced
3
Britisha small round or star-shaped mark on an officer’s uniform that shows their rank
Synonyms and related words
Military uniform
battledress
bearskin
body armour
4
squeeze sb until the pips squeak
to make someone rich pay for something, especially taxes
They should start taxing the rich until the pips squeak.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 18/02/2014
pip
noun countable British
US /pɪp/
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PIPnoun
Word Forms
singular
pip
plural
pips
DEFINITIONS2
1
a small seed in a piece of fruit
Synonyms and related words
Parts of fruit and substances in fruit
bruising
core
dextrose
2
squeeze sb until the pips squeak
to make someone rich pay for something, especially taxes
They should start taxing the rich until the pips squeak.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 18/02/2014
pip
verb transitive Britishinformal
UK /pɪp/
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pipnoun
PIPnoun
pip someone at the postphrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
pip
he/she/it
pips
present participle
pipping
past tense
pipped
past participle
pipped
DEFINITIONS1
1
to defeat someone by a small amount in a competition, game etc
pip someone for something:
Redman was pipped for the silvermedal.
Synonyms and related words
To defeat someone in a game, competition or argument