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pipsqueak 

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪpskwiːk/ 

NOUN

informal

A person considered to be insignificant, especially because they are small or young:I was damned if a nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with spots was going to make me feelloathsome

More example sentencesSynonyms

Origin

Early 20th century: symbolic and imitative.

pípsquèak[píp・squèak]

[名]((略式))つまらないもの［人］.

noun
noun, dated military

1: Someone (or something) contemptible or insignificant. (1910 —) .

2: A small high-velocity shell. (1915 —) .

A. G. Empey Pip Squeak, Tommy's term for a small German shell which makes a 'pip' and then a 'squeak', when it comes over (1917).

3: A short, high-pitched sound; (the noise of) a car- or bicycle-horn. (1927 — 63).

4: dated military A radio transmitter used to establish an aeroplane's position. (1943 —) .

Definition of pip

noun

• a small hard seed in a fruit.
• South African the stone of soft fruits such as peaches and plums.

Phrases

squeeze someone until the pips squeak

British informal extract the maximum amount of money from someone.

Derivatives

pipless

adjective

Origin:

late 18th century: abbreviation of pippin

 squeak  noun

• a short, high-pitched sound or cry:the door opened with a slight squeak
• [with negative] a single remark or communication:I didn’t hear a squeak from him for months

verb

[no object]

• 1make a high-pitched sound or cry:he oiled the hinges to stop them squeaking
• [with direct speech] say something in a nervous or excited high-pitched tone:‘You’re scaring me,’ she squeaked
• informal inform on someone: I have assured them that you will not squeak

• 2 [with adverbial] informal succeed in achieving something by a very narrow margin:the bill squeaked through with just six votes to spare

Origin: late Middle English (as a verb): imitative; compare with Swedish skväka 'croak', also with squeal and shriek. The noun dates from the early 17th century