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- etymology - Why does going to kip mean going to sleep? - English . . .
Wikipedia suggests that kip is derived from kipper a smoked herring fish The English philologist and ethnographer Walter William Skeat derives the word from the Old English kippian , to spawn The origin of the word has various parallels, such as Icelandic kippa which means "to pull, snatch" and the German word kippen which means "to tilt, to
- etymology - Is kip Chinese in origin? - English Language Usage . . .
Kip: early usages both as a verb and as a noun that refer to nap sleep: A common lodging-house; also a lodging or bed in such a house; hence, a bed in general; a sleep, the action of sleeping Also (rare) kipp, and Comb as kip-house, kip-shop 1879 Macm Mag XL 501 1 So I went home, turned into kip (bed)
- What is the origin of the phrase forty winks, meaning a short nap?
William Kitchiner M D (1775–1827) was an optician, inventor of telescopes, amateur musician and exceptional cook
- In Rudyard Kiplings poem, if, what do unforgiving minute and . . .
The full-length poem is here I love this poem and know it by heart, but I don't fully understand the following verse: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of dista
- What is the difference between nap, snooze and doze?
In the Macmillan's dictionary doze (verb) to sleep for a short time, especially during the day nap (verb) to sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day snooze (verb) to sleep for a
- single word requests - Whats the meaning of she is a real pip . . .
Both these choices are correct PIP references the Dickens character Philip Pirrup from “Great Expections” who underestimates others, overestimates himself, gets up to a lot of trouble but is still well liked by most
- Etymology of Buff and Nerf as used in video-game slang
Wikipedia gives info on origin and context of both terms: Nerf (computer gaming): In video gaming a nerf is a change to a game that reduces the desirability or effectiveness of a particular game element
- Is there a term or word for solving a problem that one created oneself . . .
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