kip

IPA: kˈɪp

The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
A bundle or set of such hides.
(obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
(informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
(informal, chiefly UK and Australia) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
(informal, chiefly UK and Ireland) A very untidy house or room.
(informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.
A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
(rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
(Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
(gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
(Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
A diminutive of the male given name Kipling.

(informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
(transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
(intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together)
(intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To conduct oneself; act
(gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.

Examples of "kip" in Sentences

I first heard the word "kip" in seventh-grade gymnastics class.
We had the same old drills except the early one, but were allowed to "kip" until seven.
We found a great food stall on the night market which was a vege buffet for 5000 kip which is about 40p!
We had to "kip" with our greatcoats pulled up over our heads, and then the beggars would go down and nibble at our boots.
The dry places were piled up with brick and mortar, but we managed to clean up some half-sheltered spots for "kip" and we lived through it.
The drinks were really expensive ... the boys for some reason decided to buy a bottle of Jack Daniels for 600,000 kip, which is about 50 pounds.
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I have no idea what the English word would be because I never saw windows like that until I came here, which is probably why we always use "kip" even when speaking English.
Back in the front room, where the bottle of freshly drained, still-frothy bile sits on the table, the farmer shows us a price list, helpfully laid out in Lao kip and US dollars for the customers who visit his home.