n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: pipped ; pip · ping
Etymology: imitative
Date: 1598
intransitive verb
1 : 1 PEEP 1
2 : to break through the shell of the egg <the chick pipped >
transitive verb : to break open (the shell of an egg) in hatching
n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: pipped ; pip · ping
Etymology: imitative
Date: 1598
intransitive verb
1 : 1 PEEP 1
2 : to break through the shell of the egg <the chick pipped >
transitive verb : to break open (the shell of an egg) in hatching
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012