Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Pip

PIP

-noun
1. The small seed of a fruit, such as an apple or an orange.
2. Something or someone wonderful.

-noun
1. One of the dots or symbols on a die, playing card, or domino.
2. Any of the diamond-shaped segments on the surface of a pineapple.
3. An insignia on the shoulder indicating an officer's rank.

-noun
1. A disease of birds marked by mucus in the mouth.
2. Any minor, nonspecific ailment in a person.

-noun
The smallest change in the exchange rate for a given currency pair. Most major currencies (except yen) are priced to the fourth decimal place, so a pip is 1/100 of one percent (.0001).

-verb tr.
1. To defeat, especially by a narrow margin or at the last moment.
2. To hit with a gunshot.
3. To blackball.

-verb intr.
To peep or chirp.
-verb tr.
To break through the shell of an egg when hatching.





















Rust flowers blooming
Battered container as spring
Graceful graphic pips

1 comment:

Becca said...

Rust flowers. Now that IS a creative way of seeing it. I like.