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pipsqueak

[ pip-skweek ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a contemptibly small or unimportant person; a twerp.


pipsqueak

/ ˈɪˌɾː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person or thing that is insignificant or contemptible
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pipsqueak1

First recorded in 1895–1900; pip 4 + squeak
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pipsqueak1

C20: from pip ² + squeak
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"Strength and honor," Hanno exhorts, and a hundred gladiators respond to the call, drowning out any pipsqueak who might venture to ask, "What does strength and honor actually mean?" or perhaps, "How did we even get here?"

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Shortly thereafter, Drake dropped "Push Ups," which explicitly criticized Lamar's height, referring to him as a "pipsqueak."

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"Pipsqueak, pipe down, you ain't in no Big Three," he added.

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In fact, the whole presidential nominating process begins far too early with a hyped caucus and primary in pipsqueak states — Iowa and New Hampshire — that this year were duds.

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“In the context of these previous, truly significant COPs, Dubai is a pipsqueak,” said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who is also a professor of international affairs.

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