Kip vs Skip - What's the difference?

As a proper noun kip

is .

As a verb skip is

to move by hopping on alternate feet.

As a noun skip is

a leaping, jumping or skipping movement or skip can be (australia|new zealand|british) a large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents; called a dumpster in north america (where "skip" is completely unknown and incomprehensible) see also skep or skip can be short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority or skip can be (australia|slang) an australian of anglo-celtic descent.

kip

English

Etymology 1

1325–75, (etyl) kipp, from (etyl) kip, from (etyl)

Alternative forms

* kipp, kippe, kyppe

Noun

(en noun)

The untanned of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

A bundle or set of such hides.

(obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.

The leather made from such hide; kip leather .

Etymology 2

1760–70, probably related to (etyl) . From the same distant Germanic root as (cove).

Noun

(en noun)

(informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.

(informal, chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

I’m just going for my afternoon kip .

(informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.

(informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.

Verb

(kipp)

(informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.

Synonyms

* crash (US)

Etymology 3

1910–15, Americanism, abbreviated from (kilo) + (pound).

Noun

(en noun)

A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.

A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.

(rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.

Etymology 4

1950–55, from (etyl) . (Lao kip)

Noun

(kip)

The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol , abbreviation LAK.

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Etymology 5

Unknown. Some senses maybe related to (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in 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.

(Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.

* 1951 , , 1952, page 208,

Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip'. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the ' kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.

* 2003 , Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior , page 52,

Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads'' or ''tails'' finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden ''kip .

* 2010 , Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue , page 101,

Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.

A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

Derived terms

* kip-up

Anagrams

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skip

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), of (etyl) origin, ultimately from (etyl) .

Verb

(skipp)

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

To leap about lightly.

* Alexander Pope

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

* Nathaniel Hawthorne

So she drew her mother away skipping , dancing, and frisking fantastically.

* {{quote-news

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To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

The rock will skip across the pond.

* {{quote-news

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To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

My heart will skip a beat.

I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.

* Bishop Burnet

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.

To place an item in a skip.

(informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

(informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.

* 1998 ,

I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast

She really want to ''skip town

Get back off me, beast off me

Get back you flea infested mongrel

To leap lightly over.

to skip the rope

To jump rope.

The girls were skipping in the playground.

Synonyms

* (sense) (US) play hookie

Noun

(en noun)

A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

(music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

(Busby)

A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

* 2012 , Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)

Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips .

Derived terms

* skipping rope

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, New Zealand, British) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents; called a dumpster in North America (where "skip" is completely unknown and incomprehensible). See also skep.

(mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

(UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket.

A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.

(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.

A beehive.

Synonyms

* (open-topped rubbish bin) dumpster

Etymology 3

Noun

(en noun)

Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.

(curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

Etymology 4

A reference to the television series ; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Australian National Dictionary Centre » Home » Australian words » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » S

Alternative forms

* skippy

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

* 2001 , ), Effie: Just Quietly'' (TV series), Episode: ''Nearest and Dearest ,

Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?

Barber: She is Australian.

Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip . You little radical you.

References

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