[kip] n [obs. D; akin to MLG kip bundle of hides] (ca. 1525): a bundle of undressed hides of young or small animals; also: one of the hides
[2]kip n [perh. fr. Dan kippe cheap tavern] (1879) 1: bed "ready for the ~ after this screwball day --K. M. Dodson"
2. chiefly Brit: sleep, nap "roused the ... family from their ~ --Sylvia Margolis" [3]kip vi kipped ; kip.ping (ca. 1889) Brit: sleep--sometimes used with down "~ down on a spare bed --Alice Glenday" [4]kip n [kilo- + pound] (1914): a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds (4448 newtons) used to express deadweight load [5]kip n, pl kip or kips [Lao ki:p, lit., ingot] (1955): the basic monetary unit of Laos