First Known Use: 15th century
Dictionary
pippin
noun pip·pin \ˈpi-pən\
Definition of PIPPIN
1
: a crisp tart apple having usually yellow or greenish-yellow skin strongly flushed with red and used especially for cooking
2
: a highly admired or very admirable person or thing
ADVERTISEMENT
Origin of PIPPIN
Middle English pepin, from Anglo-French
Related to PIPPIN
- 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
Rhymes with PIPPIN
Learn More About PIPPIN
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: pip–pipPrevious Word in the Dictionary: pipperidgeAll Words Near: pippin
ADVERTISEMENT
Seen & Heard
What made you want to look up pippin? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).