English Explanatory Dictionary

kipe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An osier basket used for catching fish.
verb
  1. To steal.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of kype (“upturned lower jaw of a male salmonid”).

Pronunciation

/ˈkaɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kipe.wav

Word forms

kipe kipes kype kiping kiped kipp kypp

Etymology

From Middle English kipe, kype, from Old English cȳpe, cȳpa (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”). Akin to Middle Low German kīpe ("basket"; > German Low German Kiep, Kiepke (“basket”), German Kiepe (“carrying basket”)), Norwegian kaup (“wooden box; crate”).

Synonyms

steal abduct abstract appropriate bag bandit bash and grab bone boost burgle burglarize borrow cheat chore commandeer confiscate convert cop cozen crib embezzle filch fleece flog gaffle gilravage half-inch heave heist jack kidnap knock off kipe kyper liberate lift loot make off with mill misappropriate mooch moonlight requisition nick nip own peculate pickpocket pilfer pinch pillage pirate plunder poach pocket prig purloin raid ransack rape relieve
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