Pips are small but easily countable items. It's used to describe the dots on dominoes, dice, denote suits, and's the name for the small seeds of some fruits. It could be used as a synonym for dot in most situations, for example morse code. Playing cards In playing cards, pips are small symbols on the frontside of the cards that determine the suit of the card. A standard 52-card poker deck consists of four suits of thirteen cards each: spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds. Each suit contains thre… (More on Pips)