kip
kip [kip kips kipped kipping] noun, verb BrE [kɪp] NAmE [kɪp]
noun uncountable, countable, usually singular (BrE, informal)
sleep
•I must get some kip.
•Why don't you have a quick kip?
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘brothel’): perhaps related to Danish kippe ‘hovel, tavern’.
Example Bank:
•Try to catch some kip while you can.
verb (-pp-)intransitive (BrE, informal)
to sleep
•You can kip on the sofa, if you like.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent. (in the sense ‘brothel’): perhaps related to Danish kippe ‘hovel, tavern’.
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