pipsqueak

[pip-skweek]

noun

Informal.

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

pipsqueak

/ ˈpɪpˌskwiːk /

noun

1. informal,  a person or thing that is insignificant or contemptible

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipsqueak¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; pip ⁴ + squeak

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipsqueak¹

C20: from _pip ² + _squeak

Example Sentences

Pudge,’ I said—I call him Pudge, and he calls me Pip, ever since I was a pipsqueak—‘Pudge, when you were just a boy-o, and first aboard ship, did you ever land on a place called Ahwoo-Ahwoo?’

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“They won’t fit this pipsqueak, though.”

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Ronson is there to DJ for Prince, the Purple pipsqueak of funk.

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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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