KIPS
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Example

He kips on their sofa when the trains stop running.

Definition

Plural of kip: the untanned hide of a young animal

  • Also the leather made from such hide
  • Also trade bundles or count units for skins

Third-person singular present of kip: sleeps

  • Often temporarily or for lack of lodging

Computing: thousand instructions per second

  • Historical throughput measure of processor speed

Less-lethal munitions: kinetic impact round

  • Also called a baton round

Plural of kip: unit of force equal to 1,000 lbf

  • Used in U.S. structural engineering