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.