kipe

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɪp/ === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== kype ==== Noun ==== kipe (plural kipes) (fishing) An osier basket used for catching fish. === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from dialectal kip (“to snatch”). ==== Alternative forms ==== kipp, kype, kypp ==== Verb ==== kipe (third-person singular simple present kipes, present participle kiping, simple past and past participle kiped) (slang) To steal. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:steal === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== kipe (plural kipes) Alternative spelling of kype (“upturned lower jaw of a male salmonid”). === Further reading === “kipe v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === pike, kepi, képi, Pike