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pipper

pipper noun: a marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display.

Noun (1)

pipper (plural pippers)

  1. (slang) A marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display.

Noun (2)

pipper (plural pippers)

  1. (in-compounds, slang) A person wearing the specific number of stars on the shoulder of their uniform, implying a particular rank.
    • Our caricaturist, Lieutenant Fred May, has this week specialised in “three pippers,” as all of the officers in the above collection, have attained to captain's rank, and have all, so we understand, been “through it" […]1918, The Tatler, volume 67, page 306

Forms of pipper

pluralpippers

Origin of pipper

From PIP + -er.

From pip + -er.

Questions about pipper

What does pipper mean?
Pipper means a marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display.
What part of speech is pipper?
Pipper is a noun.
What is the plural of pipper?
The plural of pipper is pippers.

Words near pipper in the dictionary

  1. pipped to the post
  2. Pippen
  3. Pippenger
  4. Pippengers
  5. Pippens
  6. pipper
  7. pipperidge
  8. pipperidges
  9. pippers
  10. pippetting
  11. Pippi Longstocking

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