I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alter the pips, the news came on.
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Dot wondered about the apple tree growing from a pip .
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Each pip a seed, each seed a growth, each growth - life.
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Fruit pips are seeds, so try growing your miniature trees from these.
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In the centre was a large round circle enclosing the pips.
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Most volcanic rocks contain some phenocrysts - they are a bit like the pips in raspberry jam.
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Next, the pips of the computer dialing.
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The Doctor placed the remainder of the apple in his mouth and proceeded to eat the core, stalk and pips.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
post
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He was narrowly pipped at the post on time in the prestigious Derby event and also took runner-up in another speed event.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they met their match in Ryde School from the Isle of Wight, who pipped them for victory.
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He was narrowly pipped at the post on time in the prestigious Derby event and also took runner-up in another speed event.
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In a close encounter last season, Gloucester pipped Northampton by 7 points to 6.
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Manchester United pipped them in last season's Rumbelows Cup semi-final thriller and could pay for it today.
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Sec.'s team made a strong run at the post and just pipped Russell Mulford's team for second place.
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Surprisingly not: New York just pipped Florida in the visitor stakes, though only just.
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When they eventually went for him, at the end of 1986, they were pipped by Somerset.
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Yes ... I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect, in Threadneedle Street.