like a chicken with the pip
In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner.
Then Condy promptly got the hiccoughs from drinking his tea too fast, and fretted up and down the room like a chicken with the pip.
pip
/pɪp/
noun 19verb 5name 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
busy, explicit, present, sure
VERB + PIP
asked, asking, called, got, like, peel, questions, replied
PIP + NOUN
fer, grapes, i'm, owner, squeak, way, wiv
PREP.
'as, in, than
ADV.
horribly
Definitions
noun
1
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
2
A disease, malaise or depression in humans.
1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett I've got the pip horribly at present.
Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
noun
1
A pippin, seed of any kind.
2
A pippin, seed of any kind.
Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
On most of the shores of the ancient Mediterranean, before any historical record, the cultivated grape vine, Vitis vinifera Linn., was grown. Its relationship to the wild vine of Eurasia, Vitis silvestris Gmel., is uncertain. Its pips can mostly be distinguished from those of the wild vine, and have been found in Egypt and Syrian Hama from the fourth millennium BC, at Lachish and Jericho in the early Bronze, at Troy II during the Bronze, in the Peloponnesus from Early Helladic, in Crete from the Early Minoan.
3
Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
She sure is a pip, that one. You need company?
4
P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
verb
1
To remove the pips from.
Peel and pip the grapes.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
pip to the post
To overcome a strong competitor in a sporting event, especially by gaining a small advantage at the last decisive moment.
"Pipped to the post: What happens to famous athletes who just miss a place on the podium?" (end of the title) A place on the podium can be missed by tiny fractions – and finish a c
Example Bank
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1912, D. H. Lawrence, letter to Edward Garnett I've got the pip horribly at present.
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Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
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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.
Wiktionary04
Apple pips are edible, but don't have a pleasant taste.
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On most of the shores of the ancient Mediterranean, before any historical record, the cultivated grape vine, Vitis vinifera Linn., was grown. Its relationship to the wild vine of Eurasia, Vitis silves
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She sure is a pip, that one. You need company?
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, pip is marked as dated, obsolete, slang, humorous, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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