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pipsqueak

pipsqueak is the alternative form of pip-squeak.

Meaning of pip-squeak

Noun

pip-squeak (plural pip-squeaks)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A small and insignificant person.
    • From day one, I was the school pipsqueak.2015, David Spade, Almost Interesting: The Memoir, HarperCollins, →ISBN
  2. (historical) A form of radio-based navigation used by the British Air Force immediately preceding the development of radar.

Forms of pipsqueak

pluralpipsqueaks

Words formed from pipsqueak

Questions about pipsqueak

What is pipsqueak the alternative form of?
Pipsqueak is the alternative form of pip-squeak.

Words near pipsqueak in the dictionary

  1. pips
  2. pips at the post
  3. pips to the post
  4. pipsissewa
  5. pipsissewas
  6. pipsqueak
  7. pipsqueakery
  8. pipsqueaks
  9. piptazobactam
  10. piptocarphin
  11. piptocarphins

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