to kip down
- phrasal verb
- /kɪp daʊn/
- UK
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- Rather than finding a hotel, we chose to kip down in our sleeping bags under the stars.
Examples
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You know what, I'll just kip down here in the reception
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After a long day of traveling, I decided to kip down on the couch for a quick nap.
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When he felt tired during the meeting, he thought about where he could kip down for a while.
Synonyms
485
1.0
To get into bed to sleep
369
1.0
To stop being awake and rest with your eyes closed
27
3.5
To go to bed to sleep
23
1.0
To give someone a place to sleep
16
5.8
Go to bed to sleep, usually at night
10
6.0
To go to bed to sleep
8
6.0
To go to bed to sleep after a long day
5
6.8
To sleep in a temporary place like on the floor or in the living room
4
4.5
To sleep in a temporary place like a barn or tent
4
7.5
To go to bed to sleep
4
3.7
To go to bed and fall asleep quickly because you are tired
3
3.3
To go to bed slowly because you feel very tired
1
8.6
To go to bed to sleep
To sleep somewhere that is not your usual bed, often in an uncomfortable place
To sleep for a short time, often on a sofa
To go to bed or sleep
Antonyms
How Temporary
- Informal
111
7.0
- UK
- Informal
63
2.8
∞
1.0
415
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'kip' already means to sleep, and the particle 'down' adds the sense of reclining/lying down, so the combined meaning 'go to sleep/lie down to sleep (often temporarily)' is directly derivable from the constituents. Although informal and regionally British, this verb + particle composition follows standard, cross-linguistically familiar patterns, making it transparent to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Kip down comes from British slang where kip meant a short sleep or a cheap place to sleep. With down showing the idea of going down onto that bed, the phrase means 'to go to sleep' or 'to sleep somewhere for a short time'.