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pip | pix |

As a noun pix is

(informal) or pix can be a variant of pyx.

pip

English

(pip)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
  • (humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
  • * , letter to Edward Garnett
    • I've got the pip horribly at present.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IV , passage=With this deal Uncle Tom's got on with Homer Cream, it would be fatal to risk giving [Mrs Cream] the pip in any way.}}
    Derived terms
    * like a chicken with the pip

    Etymology 2

    Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pippin.
  • A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
  • (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 612:
    • She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
  • (British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
    • Derived terms
    * pip emma

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
  • (military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
  • A spot; a speck.
  • A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
  • A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
    • Synonyms
    * (symbol on playing card etc) spot

    Verb

  • To get the better of; to defeat
    • He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
  • To hit with a gunshot
    • The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.

    Etymology 4

    Imitative.

    Verb

  • To peep, to chirp
  • (avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg

    • Etymology 5

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
    • Synonyms
    * (sense) stroke

    Etymology 6

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.

    • Related terms

    * pip to the post * pip at the post * pipsqueak * give the pip to, give someone the pip

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    pix

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested , along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage].

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (informal)
  • * 1946 , “Palisades Notes”, in , Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
    • Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
  • * 1978 , response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist , American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:
    • Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
  • * 2010 , Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response , The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6, pages 15–16:
    • He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
  • *:*
  • *:* take pix of damage afterward
  • motion pictures; movies.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • A variant of pyx
    • English three-letter words ----