have a kip
to sleep
TRANSLATION
kip = schlafen --- GOOGLE INDEX have a kip: approximately 150,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The weekend is almost here and that means a lie-in for many - though with the clocks going forward there'll be an hour's less shut-eye on Sunday morning. But, says Sean Coughlan, there's more to getting a really good KIP than just shutting your eyes.
(BBC Magazine)
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If I know milk for the next day's round won't come in until late afternoon, I might head home and HAVE A KIP in the middle of the day. It's my business, so I can structure my day how I want.
(The Guardian)
(BBC Magazine)
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If I know milk for the next day's round won't come in until late afternoon, I might head home and HAVE A KIP in the middle of the day. It's my business, so I can structure my day how I want.
(The Guardian)
Did you
know?
kip
noun
- a sleep
verb
- to sleep, especially in a place which is not your home
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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A cure for kipping
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Emil Fischer was once approached by the novelist Hermann Sudermann, who wished to thank him for his discovery of veronal (sleeping pills). "You know it is so efficient, I don't even have to take it," he declared. "It's enough that I see it on my night-stand."
"What a coincidence," Fischer replied. "When I want to have a kip, I take one of your novels. As a matter of fact, it's enough that I see one of your wonderful books on my night-stand and I immediately fall asleep!"
Etymology: Likely stems from the Danish word "kippe", which is a hut or an alehouse. It was first recorded in the middle of the 18th century as Irish slang for a house of prostitution.
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SYNONYMS
catnap, forty winks, shut-eye, siesta, sack time
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"They say having a kip at work helps increase productivity. Wake me up in 30 minutes!"
noun
- a sleep
verb
- to sleep, especially in a place which is not your home
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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A cure for kipping
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Emil Fischer was once approached by the novelist Hermann Sudermann, who wished to thank him for his discovery of veronal (sleeping pills). "You know it is so efficient, I don't even have to take it," he declared. "It's enough that I see it on my night-stand."
"What a coincidence," Fischer replied. "When I want to have a kip, I take one of your novels. As a matter of fact, it's enough that I see one of your wonderful books on my night-stand and I immediately fall asleep!"
Etymology: Likely stems from the Danish word "kippe", which is a hut or an alehouse. It was first recorded in the middle of the 18th century as Irish slang for a house of prostitution.
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SYNONYMS
catnap, forty winks, shut-eye, siesta, sack time
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"They say having a kip at work helps increase productivity. Wake me up in 30 minutes!"
