a Kilopound, or 1,000 pounds of mass or force
the load on the truss shown is of 3 kips
A legend in Verdansk. Kip Kip is someone who will put you to sleep because you rage quit when trying to defeat the kip kip.
I rage quit when kip kip is on the line.
chiefly british slang:
1. kip (n): a rooming house; a room or bed in a rooming house.
2. kip (n): "bed."
3. kip (n): "nap;" "rest;" "bit of sleep."
4. kip (vi; kipped, kipping): "sleep." sometimes used with "down," equivalent to "bed down."
etymology: danish "kippe," "cheap inn."
2. after working that double shift, we were all ready for the kip.
3. "it's 6 a.m., and even big ben is trying to get his head down for a kip." -- the beautiful south, "from under the covers."
4. you take the bed, i'll kip down on the sofa.
A form of cheating while doing pull-ups, whereby and individual struggling to do another abruptly jerks the knees upward to provide extra lift and remove the weight of said body parts from the lift equation.
A move, that in the military, will only get you extra pull-ups later for cheating so do them right and sweat it out.
SGT: " Gimmie ten more maggots, and no kipping or you'll be on KP patrol till graduation. "
British slang for having a nap, sleeping.
"I fancy a kip as I am really tired.."
"Sorry, I didn't hear the phone..I must have been kipping when you rang.."