wip

See also: WIP

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɪp/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wippe, wip, originally a verbal noun of wippen. Compare Old High German wipf (“a rapid movement”).

Noun

wip m (uncountable)

  1. hopping

Noun

wip c (plural wippen, diminutive wipje n)

  1. seesaw
    Synonyms: wipwap, wippetater (Brabantian, Booms)
  2. lever on a drawbridge
  3. (informal) a short period, a jiffy
  4. (informal) sexual intercourse
    Synonyms: seks, geslachtsgemeenschap
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

wip

  1. first-person singular present indicative of wippen
  2. imperative of wippen

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English whip.

Noun

wip

  1. whip
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