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pip-pip-pip

pip-pip-pip interjection: imitating the sounds of the British speaking clock.

Interjection

  1. Imitating the sounds of the British speaking clock.
    • There are some lovely nostalgic moments too, about affairs before mobile phones. "The pip-pip-pip calls", Jerry says, of a quick dash to a phone-box while out drinking with his lover's husband, who is also his best friend.2012 July 19, Elisabeth Mahoney, “A week in radio: Harold Pinter's Betrayal”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26...
    • Certainly, the chatroom in Closer now seems almost as dated as the infamous "pip-pip-pip" payphone calls between adulterous lovers in Harold Pinter's Betrayal.2013 January 21, Matt Trueman, “What can theatre say about the internet?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct...

Forms of pip-pip-pip

alternative formpip pip pip

Questions about pip-pip-pip

What does pip-pip-pip mean?
Pip-pip-pip means imitating the sounds of the British speaking clock.
What part of speech is pip-pip-pip?
Pip-pip-pip is an interjection.

Words near pip-pip-pip in the dictionary

  1. pip emma
  2. pip pip
  3. pip pip pip
  4. pip to the post
  5. pip-pip
  6. pip-pip-pip
  7. pip-squeak
  8. pip-squeaks
  9. pip/taz
  10. pipa
  11. pipable

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