kip

• Murphy bed
• appropriate
• bassinet
• bed
• bedstead
• berth
• bunk
• bunk bed
• burn
• carry-cot
• catnap
• cot
• couch
• cradle
• crib
• daybed
• depredate
• despoil
• devastate
• doss
• doze
• drowse
• feather bed
• fleece
• forage
• foray
• forty winks
• four-poster
• futon
• grab
• gut
• hammock
• hay
• knock off
• knock over
• lair
• lay
• lay waste
• liberate
• lie
• lift
• loft
• loot
• lull
• maraud
• mattress
• moonlight requisition
• nap
• pad
• pallet
• pillage
• prey
• prowl
• rack
• raid
• ransack
• relax
• relieve
• repose
• requisition
• rest
• rifle
• rip off
• rob
• roost
• sack
• salvage
• shakedown
• siesta
• sleigh bed
• slumber
• smash and grab
• snatch
• snooze
• sofa
• sofa bed
• spoil
• stick up
• strip
• studio couch
• trundle bed
• water bed
• wink

• aid
• arise
• arouse
• awake
• awaken
• get up
• give
• guard
• help
• protect
• receive
• rise
• rouse
• sense
• uprise
• waken

• noun
  1. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
  2. A bundle or set of such hides.
  3. A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
  4. The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
  5. (chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
  6. (chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
  7. (chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
  8. (chiefly UK) A brothel.
  9. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
  10. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
  11. A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
  12. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
  13. A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
  14. (games) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
  15. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
• verb
  1. (chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
  2. To snatch; take up hastily; filch.
  3. To hold or keep (together).
  4. To conduct oneself; act.
  5. To perform the kip maneuver.

• He decided to take a quick kip after the long flight.
• After a busy day, I just need a good kip to recharge.
• They found a quiet spot to rest and have a short kip.
• She had a quick kip on the couch before heading out for dinner.
• He felt much better after a brief kip in the afternoon.

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