pip-squeak
pip-squeak · pip-squeaks
A small and insignificant personA small and insignificant person.
Значення
значень: 2(зневажливе, розмовне)A small and insignificant person.
Winzling, Würstchen, Pinscher
ничто́жествоničtóžestvo
someone who is small and insignificant
(історичне)A form of radio-based navigation used by the British Air Force immediately preceding the development of radar.
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Походження
Onomatopoeic from pip + squeak. Cited as early as 1900, the term originally referred to aOnomatopoeic 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.
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пов’язаних слів: 1Похідніpipsqueakery