kipe
Plural: kipes
Noun
- An osier basket used for catching fish.
- Alternative spelling of kype (“upturned lower jaw of a male salmonid”).
Verb
- To steal.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, commandeer, confiscate, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, gilravage, half-inch, heave, heist, jack, kidnap, kipe, knock off, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, mooch, moonlight requisition, nick, nip, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, relieve, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, sniggle, snitch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
Scrabble Score: 10
kipe: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionarykipe: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
kipe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary