pip

1. 1.

   kill by firing a missile

   Synonymsshoot

   Broaderkill

   Narrowerflightpick off
2. 2.

   hit with a missile from a weapon

   Synonymsshoothit

   Broaderinjure

   Narrowergun downgrasskneecap
3. 3.

   defeat thoroughly

   “He mopped up the floor with his opponents”

   Synonymsworstmop upwhiprack up

   Broaderbeat

Other forms of pip

plural

pips·

past tense or participle

pipped

present participle

pipping

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 pip

What does pip mean?

pip means "a disease of poultry". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pip?

pip has 1 syllable: pip. In IPA it is /ˈpɪp/.

What is another word for pip?

Close synonyms include spot, blip, radar target, shoot, shoot. 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 pip a common word?

pip 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.