Plip
nounEtymology
From Plip (“remote control locking device”), perhaps influenced by onomatopoeia.
Definitions
A locking system for motor vehicles that uses a small, hand-held remote control.
A light sound or action like liquid hitting a surface.
- He heard the plips of rain on the roof.
To make the sound of liquid hitting a hard surface.
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To lock or unlock using a remote control locking device.
- 2004, Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, Muriel Gray, et al. (contributors), Scottish Girls About Town, page 69, […] was unloading bags from the boot of a tiny, shiny, black Ka thing which she then plipped shut with an electronic key.
- I point it out to my companion, but he's already moving ahead of me, aiming the remote at the Porsche and plipping it open.
- He plipped the locks on the pool car, stuck the keys in his pocket and flexed his aching left hand.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA