Colloquial Variant guide

bip

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: B IH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Botswana Independence Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Botswana, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of spliff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: California, slang

Qualifier: Bay Area

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spliff

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of basis point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Can refer to multiple different things, but usually refers to a piece that someone owns, most often a gun or a haircut.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular; Baltimore; African-American Vernacular; Baltimore

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Abbreviation of blunt impact projectile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To make or cause to make a short beeping or blipping sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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Synonyms: none provided

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To hit lightly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bop, boop

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To break into a car and steal its contents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: California, slang

Qualifier: Bay Area

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To break into a car and steal its contents.

To rob; steal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: California, broadly, slang

Qualifier: Bay Area

Examples

  • So many cars get bipped on that street.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Imitative.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: BIP — blunt impact projectile
  • Galician: chincar — to hit lightly
  • Galician: chiscar — to hit lightly
  • Spanish: golpetear — to hit lightly