Initialism of very important person. / (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide. / (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.

plural of VIP

An airport lounge. / (Australia) An area in a public hotel set aside for patrons who wish to play on gaming machines.

plural of VIP lounge

Any of various venomous snakes, of the subfamily Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or fossa on either side of the head that enables them to detect prey by infrared.

(idiomatic) to do acts of kindness that will be met with ingratitude and will cause one harm in the end

A pit viper of the venomous species, Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus, found in India and Southeast Asia.

horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) / Sahara sand viper (Cerastes vipera) / hognose snake (Heterodon spp.)

Cerastes spp., North African desert vipers. / Bitis caudalis, the horned puff adder or horned adder, of south-west Africa. / Vipera ammodytes, the sand viper.

(Buddhism) The name of the 22nd of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.