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• pipsqueak

語源

Onomatopoeic from pip +‎ squeak. Cited as early as 1900, the term originally referred to a small artillery shell. In later uses, it became largely onomatopoeic, influenced in part by popular culture, including the comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

名詞

pip-squeak (plural pip-squeaks)

1. (informal, somewhat derogatory) A small and insignificant person.
   • 2015, David Spade, Almost Interesting: The Memoir‎, HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     From day one, I was the school pipsqueak.

2. (historical) A form of radio-based navigation used by the British Air Force immediately preceding the development of radar.

派生語

派生した語

• → Italian: pisquano