pips Meaning & Definition
/pɪps/
What Does Pips Mean?
Pips is used as a noun meaning plural of pip. As a proper noun, it means The Greenwich Time Signal.
Word Facts for Pips
| Part of speech | noun, proper noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pɪps/ |
| Synonyms | spot and stroke |
Pips Definition (Noun)
- plural of pip
Pips as a Proper Noun
- The Greenwich Time Signal.
Noun
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
Noun
- A pippin, seed of any kind.
- Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- (WW I, signalese) P in RAF phonetic alphabet.
Noun
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
- A spot; a speck.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
Noun
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
Noun
- (currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
Synonyms of Pips
Pips synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
pips
the pips