plip
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]plip (plural plips)
- A light sound or action like liquid hitting a surface.
- He heard the plips of rain on the roof.
Verb
[edit]plip (third-person singular simple present plips, present participle plipping, simple past and past participle plipped)
- To make the sound of liquid hitting a hard surface.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Plip (“remote control locking device”), perhaps influenced by onomatopoeia.
Verb
[edit]plip (third-person singular simple present plips, present participle plipping, simple past and past participle plipped)
- To lock or unlock using a remote control locking device.
- 2004, Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, et al. (contributors), Scottish Girls About Town, page 69,
- […] was unloading bags from the boot of a tiny, shiny, black Ka thing which she then plipped shut with an electronic key.
- 2009, Matt Beaumont, Staying Alive, unnumbered page:
- I point it out to my companion, but he's already moving ahead of me, aiming the remote at the Porsche and plipping it open.
- 2011, Stuart MacBride, Shatter the Bones, unnumbered page:
- He plipped the locks on the pool car, stuck the keys in his pocket and flexed his aching left hand.
- 2004, Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, et al. (contributors), Scottish Girls About Town, page 69,
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: plip
Verb
[edit]plip
- to go crazy
Noun
[edit]plip
- a crazy person