pippin

noun pip·pin \ˈpi-pən\

Definition of PIPPIN

: a crisp tart apple having usually yellow or greenish-yellow skin strongly flushed with red and used especially for cooking

: a highly admired or very admirable person or thing

Middle English pepin, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 15th century

Synonyms: beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), daisy, dandy, dilly, doozy (or doozie also doozer), dream, honey, hot stuff, humdinger, hummer, knockout, lollapalooza, lulu [slang], nifty, peach, pip, jim–dandy, ripper, ripsnorter, snorter, sockdolager (or sockdologer), standout, sweetheart

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