pipsqueak

American  

[pip-skweek] / ˈpɪpˌskwik /

noun

Informal.

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

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pipsqueak British  

/ ˈpɪpˌskwiːk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pipsqueak

First recorded in 1895–1900; pip ⁴ + 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?’

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From BBC

"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?"

From Salon

Shortly thereafter, Drake dropped "Push Ups," which explicitly criticized Lamar's height, referring to him as a "pipsqueak."

From Salon