English Explanatory Dictionary

pip-squeak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small and insignificant person.

Word forms

pip-squeak pip-squeaks pipsqueak

Etymology

From pip + squeak. Based on a speech by Sir Eric Geddes in December 1918 on German war reparations for World War 1: “We will get out of her all you can squeeze out of a lemon and a bit more. I will squeeze her until you can hear the pips squeak.”

Derived words

pipsqueakery
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