- etymology - Why does going to kip mean going to sleep? - English . . .
Wikipedia suggests that kip is derived from kipper a smoked herring fish The English philologist and ethnographer Walter William Skeat derives the word from the Old English kippian, to spawn
- Which is longer: snooze, nap, kip, 40 winks or siesta?
Kip and nap are the same Kip is more like the informal version of nap in BrE Snooze also means nap and is the informal version of nap in both AmE and BrE When it comes to their history, snooze, according to the ODE, emerged in the late 18 century and is of unknown origin; nap comes from Old English hnappian, which might have originated from
- Is kip Chinese in origin? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Kip-sio, on the other hand, probably contains a completely unrelated kip (possibly 箕 jī ‘winnowing basket’, though I don't know if that originally ended in a -p)
- etymology - What is the origin of the phrase forty winks, meaning a . . .
William Kitchiner M D (1775–1827) was an optician, inventor of telescopes, amateur musician and exceptional cook His name was a household word during the 19th century, and his Cook’s Oracle was a bestseller in England and America Wikipedia The phrase forty winks, meaning a short nap, can be traced back to Dr Kitchiner's 1821 self-help guide, The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life
- What is the difference between nap, snooze and doze?
While nap, snooze and doze mean sleep; nap and snooze are intentional while doze isn't Snooze differs from nap; the former continues from previous sleep You were sleeping and then awaken by something like an alarm clock, or its just time to wake up, so you decide to continue sleeping for a short period before getting up While nap is a new sleep, never say “I just took a short nap” or
- quotes - What does the phrase AS YOU WERE mean? - English Language . . .
A UK artist, Liam Gallagher, usually uses this phrase, but I can't understand what it really means Example taken from Twitter: That’s wiped me out of for a kip as you were LG x Please could anyone
- In Rudyard Kiplings poem, if, what do unforgiving minute and . . .
The full-length poem is here I love this poem and know it by heart, but I don't fully understand the following verse: If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of dista
- A word to describe knowing something completely
We just can not think of a word to describe this situation where you understand something completely There is nothing you do not know about it If anyone knows or has something close then that wo
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