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 c (plural wippen, diminutive wipje n)
- seesaw
- Synonyms: wipwap, (Brabantian, Booms) wippetater
- lever on a drawbridge
- (informal) a short period, a jiffy
- (informal) sexual intercourse
- Synonyms: seks, geslachtsgemeenschap
Derived terms
- wipwap (“seesaw”)
Related terms
- wipkip (“spring rider”)
Jamaican Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wip/
Noun
wip (plural wip dem, quantified wip)
- whip
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 2:15:
- So im get som ruop an tek dem mek wan wip. Den im yuuz di wip an ron out di uol a di sela dem outa di yaad: dem an dem kou an dem shiip an dem dov. Im lik uova di piipl dem we a chienj out moni kain dem, an im ton uova aal a dem tiebl dem.
- And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Middle High German
Etymology
Noun
wîp n
- woman
- c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 1:
- si wart ein schœne wîp. / dar umbe muosen degene vil verliesen den lîp.
- She became a beautiful woman. For her many knights would lose their lives.
- c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Nôt, Av. 1:
Declension
Descendants
- German: Weib
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