pip-squeak
1
9.6
- noun
- /ˈpɪpˌskwik/
- Offensive
:
mocoso
- Hey, you little pip-squeak.
Examples
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A little pip-squeak like you fighting us in court?
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What have you done with my sister, you little pip-squeak?
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This little pip-squeak?
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Reggie Goldman's a pip-squeak.
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I had always been the family pip-squeak, rascally, pigeon-toed, with a shrill laugh like a tea kettle hitting a boil.
Fiction book (1997) -
Don't let that little pip-squeak boss you around; he doesn't know anything.
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Everyone underestimated the small pip-squeak, but she proved to be very clever.
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As the youngest in the group, he often felt like a pip-squeak, overshadowed by the older kids.
Synonyms
33
7.7
A small person, often a child, seen as unimportant
9
7.5
A person who is small or weak and not taken seriously, often in a teasing way
1
9.9
A very small person, often a child
1
6.9
People or groups seen as unimportant compared to others
A very small weak person used as an insult
How Important
50
1.8
5
4.1
3
3.5
5
2.0
- Offensive
1
9.6
- Offensive
3
8.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pip-squeak comes from the tiny noises pip and squeak, words that make you think of a small bird or mouse making a high, weak sound. Because those sounds are easy to ignore, a pip-squeak is someone seen as a 'small, unimportant person' who is not taken seriously.