transcription, транскрипция: [ pɪp ]
( pips, pipping, pipped)
1.
Pips are the small hard seeds in a fruit such as an apple, orange, or pear.
N-COUNT : usu pl
2.
If someone is pipped to something such as a prize or an award, they are defeated by only a small amount. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
It’s still possible for the losers to be pipped by West Germany for a semi-final place...
She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part.
VERB : be V-ed prep , V n prep
3.
If someone is pipped at the post or pipped to the post they are just beaten in a competition or in a race to achieve something. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
I didn’t want us to be pipped to the post.
PHRASE