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pip-squeak

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pip·squeak

[pip-skweek]
noun Informal.
a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.

Origin:
1895–1900; pip4 + squeak
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pipsqueak
1910, from the trivial noise a young or weak creature makes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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pipsqueak definition


  1. n.
    a small or timid man or boy. (Also a term of address.) : Shut up, you little pipsqueak, or I'll hit you.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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