kipe

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word kipe. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word kipe, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say kipe in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word kipe you have here. The definition of the word kipe will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofkipe, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɪp/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English kipe, kype, from Old English cȳpe, cȳpa (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”).

Akin to Middle Low German kīpe ("basket"; > German Low German Kiep, Kiepke (“basket”), German Kiepe (“carrying basket”)), Norwegian kaup (“wooden box; crate”).

Noun

kipe (plural kipes)

  1. An osier basket used for catching fish.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Perhaps from dialectal kip (“to snatch”).

Verb

kipe (third-person singular simple present kipes, present participle kiping, simple past and past participle kiped)

  1. (slang) to steal
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:steal
    • 1987 [1984], James Ellroy, chapter 22, in Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 189:
      Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop.
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

A salmon with the beginnings of a kipe as it enters fresh water.

Noun

kipe (plural kipes)

  1. Alternative spelling of kype (“Upturned lower jaw of a male salmonid”)

Further reading

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia