kip

1. 1.

   be asleep

   Synonymssleepslumberlog Z'scatch some Z's

   Broaderrest

   Narrowerbundlenapsleep latehibernateestivate

Other forms of kip

plural

kips·

past tense or participle

kipped

present participle

kipping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kip

What does kip mean?

kip means "sleep". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kip?

kip has 1 syllable: kip. In IPA it is /ˈkɪp/.

What is another word for kip?

Close synonyms include upstart, sleep, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kip a common word?

kip is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.