Words that rhyme with grippe

  • peep
    n 1: the short weak cry of a young bird [syn: cheep, peep] 2: a secret look [syn: peek, peep] v 1: look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window" 2: cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window" 3: make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup] 4: speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice 5: appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"
  • asleep
    adv 1: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep" 2: in the sleep of death adj 1: in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel" [ant: awake(p)] 2: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb] 3: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone]
  • barkeep
    n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar [syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist]
  • beep
    n 1: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning [syn: beep, bleep] v 1: make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" [syn: honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot] 2: call, summon, or alert with a beeper
  • bleep
    n 1: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning [syn: beep, bleep] v 1: emit a single short high-pitched signal; "The computer bleeped away"
  • blip
    n 1: a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption; "the market had one bad blip today"; "you can't react to the day-to-day blips"; "renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales" 2: a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface [syn: blip, pip, radar target]
  • cheap
    adj 1: relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" [syn: cheap, inexpensive] [ant: expensive] 2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] 3: of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny] 4: embarrassingly stingy [syn: cheap, chinchy, chintzy]
  • cheep
    n 1: the short weak cry of a young bird [syn: cheep, peep] v 1: make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup]
  • chip
    n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap] 2: a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line 3: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip] 4: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip] 5: a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something [syn: check, chip] 6: a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling [syn: chip, poker chip] 7: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit [syn: chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip] 8: (golf) a low running approach shot [syn: chip, chip shot] 9: the act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping, splintering] v 1: break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped" [syn: chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off] 2: cut a nick into [syn: nick, chip] 3: play a chip shot 4: form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone" 5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" [syn: chip, knap, cut off, break off]
  • clip
    n 1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazine] 2: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" [syn: time, clip] 3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together 4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress 5: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping, snip] 6: a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off] 2: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip] 3: attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: unclip] 4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back] 5: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" [syn: clip, curtail, cut short]
  • creep
    n 1: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook] 2: a slow longitudinal movement or deformation 3: a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot 4: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl, crawling, creep, creeping] v 1: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" [syn: crawl, creep] 2: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot] 3: grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" 4: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel]
  • deep
    adv 1: to a great depth;far down; "dived deeply"; "dug deep" [syn: deeply, deep] 2: to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening" [syn: deep, late] 3: to a great distance; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods" adj 1: relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep" [ant: shallow] 2: marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory" 3: having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep" [ant: shallow] 4: very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe" 5: extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness" 6: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] 7: strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" [syn: deep, rich] 8: relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow" 9: extending relatively far inward; "a deep border" 10: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: thick, deep] 11: large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget" 12: with head or back bent low; "a deep bow" 13: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying] 14: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" [syn: abstruse, deep, recondite] 15: exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot" n 1: the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter" 2: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor [syn: trench, deep, oceanic abyss] 3: literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"
  • dip
    n 1: a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" 2: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination] 3: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places [syn: pickpocket, cutpurse, dip] 4: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped 5: a brief immersion 6: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall] 7: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow 8: a brief swim in water [syn: dip, plunge] 9: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms v 1: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse] 2: dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" [syn: dunk, dip] 3: go down momentarily; "Prices dipped" 4: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid 5: take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present" 6: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: dim, dip] 7: lower briefly; "She dipped her knee" 8: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: dip, sink] 9: slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river" 10: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: dip, douse, duck] 11: place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax 12: immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep" 13: plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket" 14: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"
  • drip
    n 1: flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof" [syn: drip, trickle, dribble] 2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip, dripping] 3: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway) [syn: drip, drip mold, drip mould] v 1: fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet" 2: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture" [syn: dribble, drip, drop]
  • equip
    v 1: provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" [syn: equip, fit, fit out, outfit] 2: provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"
  • flip
    adj 1: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip] n 1: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip] 2: hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg 3: a sudden, quick movement; "with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over" 4: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss] 5: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water 6: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip] v 1: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss] 2: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, flip, switch] 3: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff] 4: toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air [syn: flip, twitch] 5: cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flip, flick] 6: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch] 7: move with a flick or light motion 8: turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: flip, flip over, turn over] 9: react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University" [syn: flip, flip out] 10: go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off" [syn: flip, flip out] 11: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip- flop]
  • gip
    v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
  • grip
    n 1: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" [syn: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold] 2: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" [syn: handle, grip, handgrip, hold] 3: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase] 4: the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) [syn: grip, traction, adhesive friction] 5: worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made 6: an intellectual hold or understanding; "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp" [syn: grip, grasp] 7: a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip" [syn: bobby pin, hairgrip, grip] v 1: hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel" 2: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes" [syn: grapple, grip] 3: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" [syn: fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind]
  • gyp
    n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
  • heap
    n 1: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus] 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap] v 1: bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him" 2: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves" [syn: stack, pile, heap] 3: fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"
  • hip
    adj 1: informed about the latest trends [syn: hep, hip, hip to(p)] n 1: either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh 2: the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates [syn: pelvis, pelvic girdle, pelvic arch, hip] 3: the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum [syn: hip, hip joint, coxa, articulatio coxae] 4: (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof 5: the fruit of a rose plant [syn: hip, rose hip, rosehip]
  • housekeep
    v 1: maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
  • keep
    n 1: the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" [syn: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance] 2: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress [syn: keep, donjon, dungeon] 3: a cell in a jail or prison [syn: hold, keep] v 1: keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes" [syn: keep, maintain, hold] 2: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" [syn: continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep] [ant: discontinue] 3: retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" [syn: keep, hold on] [ant: lose] 4: stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" [syn: prevent, keep] [ant: allow, let, permit] 5: conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract" [syn: observe, keep] [ant: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate] 6: stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" [syn: observe, keep, maintain] 7: look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" 8: maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" [syn: keep, maintain] 9: supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders" 10: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings" [syn: retain, continue, keep, keep on] 11: supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" [syn: sustain, keep, maintain] 12: fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time" [syn: keep, stay fresh] 13: behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" [syn: observe, celebrate, keep] 14: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back] 15: maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you" [syn: keep, preserve] 16: raise; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" 17: retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" [syn: keep open, hold open, keep, save] 18: store or keep customarily; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" 19: have as a supply; "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator" 20: maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" [syn: keep, maintain] 21: hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school" 22: prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" [syn: preserve, keep]
  • kip
    n 1: sleep; "roused him from his kip" 2: the basic unit of money in Laos 3: a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright [syn: kip, upstart] v 1: be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake]
  • leap
    n 1: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce] 2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: leap, jump, saltation] 3: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: jump, leap] 4: the distance leaped (or to be leaped); "a leap of 10 feet" v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: leap, jump] 3: jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" [syn: jump, leap, jump off] 4: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: jump, leap]
  • lip
    n 1: either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking 2: (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx 3: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth] 4: the top edge of a vessel or other container [syn: brim, rim, lip] 5: either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
  • microchip
    n 1: electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit [syn: chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip]
  • neap
    n 1: a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon [syn: neap tide, neap] [ant: springtide]
  • nip
    n 1: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn: nip, shot] 2: (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent [syn: Jap, Nip] 3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang] 4: the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" [syn: chilliness, coolness, nip] 5: a tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest] 6: a small sharp bite or snip [syn: nip, pinch] v 1: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch] 2: give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles" 3: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off]
  • outstrip
    v 1: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform] 2: go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn: outdistance, outstrip, distance]
  • overleap
    v 1: defeat (oneself) by going too far 2: jump across or leap over (an obstacle) [syn: vault, overleap] 3: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart]
  • oversleep
    v 1: sleep longer than intended
  • pip
    n 1: a disease of poultry 2: a minor nonspecific ailment 3: a small hard seed found in some fruits 4: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) [syn: spot, pip] 5: a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface [syn: blip, pip, radar target] v 1: kill by firing a missile [syn: shoot, pip] 2: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: shoot, hit, pip] 3: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up]
  • quip
    n 1: a witty saying [syn: epigram, quip] 2: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip] v 1: make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" [syn: gag, quip]
  • reap
    v 1: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: reap, harvest, glean] 2: get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" [syn: reap, draw]
  • rip
    n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue] 2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rip, rent, snag, split, tear] 3: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent] 4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, rip, split] v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend, rip, rive, pull] 2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" 3: cut (wood) along the grain 4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
  • scrip
    n 1: a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency
  • seep
    v 1: pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings [syn: seep, ooze]
  • sheep
    n 1: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat 2: a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon 3: a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"
  • ship
    n 1: a vessel that carries passengers or freight v 1: transport commercially [syn: transport, send, ship] 2: hire for work on a ship 3: go on board [syn: embark, ship] [ant: debark, disembark, set down] 4: travel by ship 5: place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
  • sip
    n 1: a small drink v 1: drink in sips; "She was sipping her tea"
  • skip
    n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate 2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip] v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip, skip over] 2: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut, skip] 3: jump lightly [syn: hop, skip, hop-skip] 4: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" [syn: decamp, skip, vamoose] 5: bound off one point after another [syn: skip, bound off] 6: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [syn: skim, skip, skitter]
  • sleep
    n 1: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" [syn: sleep, slumber] 2: a torpid state resembling deep sleep [syn: sleep, sopor] 3: a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" [syn: sleep, nap] 4: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn: rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus] v 1: be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's] [ant: wake] 2: be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
  • slip
    n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie] 2: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis] 3: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics 4: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting [syn: cutting, slip] 5: a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad" 6: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring, moorage, berth, slip] 7: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" [syn: slip, trip] 8: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" [syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip] 9: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn: strip, slip] 10: a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" [syn: slip, slip of paper] 11: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy] 12: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip] 13: an unexpected slide [syn: skid, slip, sideslip] 14: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air [syn: slip, sideslip] 15: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: slip, elusion, eluding] v 1: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" [syn: steal, slip] 2: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" 3: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide] 4: get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: slip, drop off, drop away, fall away] 5: move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble" 6: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip] 7: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" [syn: slip, sneak] 8: move easily; "slip into something comfortable" 9: cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place" 10: pass out of one's memory [syn: slip, slip one's mind] 11: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn: dislocate, luxate, splay, slip]
  • snip
    n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping] 2: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping, snip] v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off] 2: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]
  • steep
    adj 1: having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs" [ant: gradual] 2: greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious] 3: of a slope; set at a high angle; "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow" n 1: a steep place (as on a hill) v 1: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up] 2: let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" [syn: steep, infuse]
  • strip
    n 1: a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" 2: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn: strip, slip] 3: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn: airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip] 4: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book [syn: comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies] 5: thin piece of wood or metal 6: a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" [syn: strip, striptease, strip show] v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest] 2: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog] 3: remove the surface from; "strip wood" 4: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" [syn: leach, strip] 5: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare, denudate, strip] 6: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray] 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: clean, strip] 8: strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco" 9: remove the thread (of screws) 10: remove a constituent from a liquid 11: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: strip, dismantle] 12: draw the last milk (of cows) 13: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]
  • sweep
    n 1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" [syn: sweep, expanse] 2: someone who cleans soot from chimneys [syn: chimneysweeper, chimneysweep, sweep] 3: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn: slam, sweep] 4: a long oar used in an open boat [syn: sweep, sweep oar] 5: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line [syn: end run, sweep] 6: a movement in an arc; "a sweep of his arm" v 1: sweep across or over; "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience" [syn: brush, sweep] 2: move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky" [syn: sweep, sail] 3: sweep with a broom or as if with a broom; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" [syn: sweep, broom] 4: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in] 5: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross, traverse, span, sweep] 6: clean by sweeping; "Please sweep the floor" 7: win an overwhelming victory in or on; "Her new show dog swept all championships" 8: cover the entire range of 9: make a big sweeping gesture or movement [syn: swing, sweep, swing out]
  • tip
    n 1: the extreme end of something; especially something pointed 2: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: gratuity, tip, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh] 3: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint] 4: a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" [syn: point, tip, peak] 5: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit] v 1: cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward" 2: mark with a tip; "tip the arrow with the small stone" 3: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung] 4: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble, tip] 5: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle] 6: walk on one's toes [syn: tiptoe, tip, tippytoe] 7: strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" [syn: tap, tip] 8: give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot" [syn: tip off, tip] 9: remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
  • trip
    n 1: a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center" 2: a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip" 3: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" [syn: slip, trip] 4: an exciting or stimulating experience [syn: trip, head trip] 5: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" [syn: tripper, trip] 6: a light or nimble tread; "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead" 7: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" [syn: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep] v 1: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root" [syn: stumble, trip] 2: cause to stumble; "The questions on the test tripped him up" [syn: trip, trip up] 3: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt] 4: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 5: get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend" [syn: trip, trip out, turn on, get off]
  • unzip
    v 1: open the zipper of; "unzip the bag" [ant: zip, zip up, zipper]
  • upkeep
    n 1: activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: care, maintenance, upkeep] 2: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" [syn: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep]
  • weep
    v 1: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs" [syn: cry, weep] [ant: express joy, express mirth, laugh]
  • whip
    n 1: an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping 2: a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline [syn: whip, party whip] 3: a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit 4: (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club 5: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt" [syn: whip, lash, whiplash] v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce] 2: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up] 3: thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" 4: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" [syn: whip, lash] 5: whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" [syn: whisk, whip] 6: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" [syn: blister, scald, whip]
  • yip
    n 1: a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: yip, yelp, yelping] v 1: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: yelp, yip, yap]
  • zip
    n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo] 2: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail [syn: ZIP code, ZIP, postcode, postal code] 3: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour, zip] 4: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab [syn: slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip fastener] v 1: close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold" [syn: zip up, zipper, zip] [ant: unzip] 2: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
  • streep
    n 1: United States film actress (born in 1949) [syn: Streep, Meryl Streep]
  • cassareep
    n 1: a flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking
  • veep
  • heep
  • neep
  • bip
  • gipp
  • tripp

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