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Definition of kip verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kip

verb
 
/kɪp/
 
/kɪp/
[intransitive] (British English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they kip
 
/kɪp/
 
/kɪp/
he / she / it kips
 
/kɪps/
 
/kɪps/
past simple kipped
 
/kɪpt/
 
/kɪpt/
past participle kipped
 
/kɪpt/
 
/kɪpt/
-ing form kipping
 
/ˈkɪpɪŋ/
 
/ˈkɪpɪŋ/
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  1. to sleep
    • You can kip on the sofa, if you like.
    Word Originmid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘brothel’): perhaps related to Danish kippe ‘hovel, tavern’.

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