KIPPING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

kipping

verb

present participle of kip, British

as in napping

to sleep lightly or briefly after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed

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Not long thereafter he was struck up to 11 times while napping.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
There are five sculptures, one for each of de Monteflores’s children; and Fraser herself was a toddler when the paintings on view were made, likely napping, her mother has said, while the work took shape.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

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The increasing chances of being taken, whether one is in a church, mosque, school, on a trip to the capital Abuja or resting at home, is a grim reality that should not be the case given Tinubu’s firm campaign pledges.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
And then there were polar bears again, this time resting quietly in the hills.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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