U.S. Dialect survey: "kipe" or "kype"

In My Humble Opinion
1

This came up in passing in another thread, and I want to check a hypothesis, so
A) Do you know this word, as a verb and
B) where did you grow up/ where did you learn this word?

2

Oh, and C) How old are you?

3

a. no
b. Northern California
c. 26

4

Presuming you mean slang for low-level stealing, or perhaps more accurately “secretly borrowing” — I’m 35, a longtime Pacific Northwesterner, and the version I’ve heard (and occasionally use) is “kife.” Never heard it with a P until it came up on these boards.

5

a. No
b. NJ
c. 35

6

I was the thinking the same thing as Cervaise.

I’m 21 and from Toronto, I first heard “kife” about 7 years ago.

7

a. Yes
b. Raised suburban Phila/first heard it in south central PA
c. 48

8

a) Yes, meaning petty thief/unauthorized borrowing
b) Growing up in Minnesota
c) 38

9

a. No.
b. Tennessee.
c. 23.

10
  1. No
  2. Baltimore
  3. 51
11
  1. No
  2. Detroit
  3. 41
12

A. No
B. Upstate New York (Hudson Valley region)
C. 22

13

  1. Yes. I learned it when I was around 8. It rhymed with (and was a synonym for) ‘swipe’. I later learned the pejorative ‘kike’, and wondered (given the other negative stereotypes extent about Jews) if it was related.

  2. West Virginia

  3. 45

Note: The term was used in an episode of Green Acres (part of the Paul Henning trilogy). Mr. Douglas’ visiting, motorcycle-riding hippie nephew Chuck says he can repair one of the tractors, but first has to ‘kipe’ some parts.

14
  1. No
  2. Tennessee (Eastern)
  3. 31
15

Additional note: Confusing letters with numbers undermines my dryly humorous attempt at pretentious scholarship.

16
  1. No
  2. Cleveland
  3. 46
17

A. No, but “kife” was commonly used among young people to mean steal (in a petty way). “Hey, where did you get that pack of cigarettes?” “I kifed it from my dad.”
B. Maine
C. 48

18
  1. No
  2. South Carolina
  3. 24
19
  1. Yes - first heard it about 21 years ago, when I ate a french fry from the plate of the young woman beside me. “Hey, you kiped my french fry!”
  2. Washington (the state)
  3. 38

I really haven’t heard it all that often, though, and not at all in recent years. Around here, good old “ripped off” is far more common.

20

Also, the word you wanted in your post was extant, not extent.