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To make a short, sharp, high-pitched sound
“The song birds began to pip their merry chimes.”
To narrowly beat in a contest
“I only just managed to pip him on the last hole with a big putt.”
A small hard seed in a fruit
“I watched her pop a plump cherry into her mouth before spitting out its pip.”
A small spot or mark
“A small white pip appears on the video screen and indicates the land position of the mobile unit.”
Something that is a very superior example of its kind, thing or class
“On a more cheerful note, your new house is an absolute pip.”
A short, high-pitched sound
“He explained that the subject was to press the signal switch every time he heard a pip.”
The state of being annoyed or exasperated
“The slow, precise way that Percy ate his food gave me the pip. You'd think he was in Buckingham Palace, back in London.”
Annoyance or exasperation, or something that causes it
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