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to pip

1 9.3

To make a small hole in an eggshell when a young bird begins to come out

verb
/pɪp/

: romper el cascarón

After several hours, the duckling finally managed to pip and take its first breath of air.

Examples

The tiny chick began to pip early in the morning, making a small hole in the shell.
Farmers watched as each egg started to pip one by one during the spring hatching season.
The chick pipped the egg this morning.
Did the bird pip yet?
The tiny chick began to pip early in the morning, making a small hole in the shell.
After several hours, the duckling finally managed to pip and take its first breath of air.
Farmers watched as each egg started to pip one by one during the spring hatching season.

Synonyms

hatch

vsto pip

3 1.9

The time when young animals come out of eggs

is the single act of breaking the eggshell at the start of emergence

Idioms

pip pip

Archaic

4 9.9

A friendly old-fashioned British way to say goodbye

toodle pip

Archaic

1 9.9

A cheerful informal way to say goodbye

Phrasal Verbs

to pip to the post

1 9.2

Beat someone at the very last moment in a contest

Compounds

pip-squeak

Offensive

4 9.6

A small or young person who is not taken seriously

How Cracked

to emerge

264 3.5

to pip

1 9.3

Surface Forms

pip infinitive

pipped past

pipped past participle

pipping present participle

pips third person singular

Etymology

Pip The verb pip for a chick breaking its egg shell comes from the tiny hole or the little 'peep' sound a chick makes when it starts to get out, so to 'pip' is to make that first small opening in the shell.