Pip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pĭp, IPA(key): /pɪp/
- Rhymes: -ɪp
Proper noun
Pip
- A diminutive form of the given names Philip, Phillip, and Philippa.
- 1861 Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter 1:
- My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.
- 1861 Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter 1:
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