Common Meanings
- The seed of some fruits, such as the orange
- Pip (counting), a small but easily countable item, such as the dots on dice or symbols on playing cards
- A decoration worn on a military uniform to denote rank, such as on British Army officer rank insignia
- Greenwich Time Signal, popularly known as the pips
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Famous quotes containing the words common and/or meanings:
“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Philippians, 4:7.
The words are also used in the Book of Common Prayer, Holy Communion (1662)
“An amoeba is a formless thing which takes many shapes. It moves by thrusting out an arm, and flowing into the arm. It multiplies by pulling itself in two, without permanently diminishing the original. So with words. A meaning may develop on the periphery of the body of meanings associated with a word, and shortly this tentacle-meaning has grown to such proportions that it dwarfs all other meanings.”
—Charlton Laird (b. 1901)