The meaning of Pipsqueak

noun

A stupid or insignificant man.

Usage examples:

They're really a bunch of bozos

noun

A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

Usage examples:

He wrote cryptic notes in a cipher

verb

Put (a message) into secret writing; encode.

Usage examples:

He left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding

verb

(of an organ pipe) sound continuously.

noun

A young or insignificant person.

Usage examples:

I am a self-obsessed dandiprat

noun

A small two-winged fly that resembles a mosquito. gnats include both biting and non-biting forms, and they typically form large swarms.

Usage examples:

Included among the invertebrates are moth flies, wood gnats, midges, punkies, mosquitoes, marsh bee…

noun

A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.

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Insect pests

noun

A type of small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts, and often two pairs of wings, for example, an ant, beetle, or butterfly

noun

Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant.

Usage examples:

The security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book

noun

A condom

pronoun

No person; no one.

Usage examples:

Nobody was at home

noun

A person of no importance or authority.

Usage examples:

They went from nobodies to superstars

pronoun

Not anyone; no person

Usage examples:

Nobody was around to answer the phone., if he can’t fix your computer, nobody can., there were cele…

noun

A person or thing with no special or interesting qualities; an unimportant person or thing.

Usage examples:

A political nonentity

noun

A person or thing of no importance

Usage examples:

It’s a low-budget film full of nonentities.

noun

A person without strong character, ideas, or influence

Usage examples:

She was once a political nonentity, but has since won a formidable reputation as a determined campa…

adjective

Of little value or significance; petty.

Usage examples:

The picayune squabbling of party politicians

noun

A small coin of little value, especially a 5-cent piece.

Usage examples:

While still agonizing over this traumatic separation, he is approached by a white man who offers hi…

noun

A young dog.

Usage examples:

Kate, who owns parker, the youngest of the pups, has made the same mistake i made with poppy when s…

verb

(of bitches and certain other female animals) give birth to young.

Usage examples:

Our doberman just pupped

noun

A young dog.

Usage examples:

National charity, hearing dogs for deaf people, which has a training centre at cliffe, near selby, …

noun

Something that is very small.

Usage examples:

They were pygmies compared to the current satellites

adjective

Used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily.

Usage examples:

Moreover, some predators of pygmy swordtails (x. nigrensis) also exhibit a bias for the sword.

adjective

(of an animal or bird) one of a type which is smaller than animals or birds of that type usually are

Usage examples:

A pygmy hippopotamus

verb

Cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes.

Usage examples:

She was snipping a few dead heads off the roses

noun

An act of snipping something.

Usage examples:

He took a snip at a dandelion on the grass

verb

To cut something, usually with a few quick actions using scissors (= cutting device with two blades) or a similar device

Usage examples:

I asked the barber just to snip the ends of my hair.

verb

Cause (a liquid) to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet.

Usage examples:

She squirted soda into a glass

noun

A thin stream or small quantity of liquid squirted from something.

Usage examples:

A squirt of perfume

verb

To quickly force a liquid out of something, or of liquids to flow through a narrow opening

Usage examples:

[ t ] squirt lemon juice on the clams and enjoy them., [ i ] fig. the ball squirted free (= moved q…

noun

A small or insignificant person.

Usage examples:

A little squit like thorpe

noun

A young man.

Usage examples:

He's a mere stripling

noun

A person who has risen suddenly in rank or importance, especially one who behaves arrogantly.

Usage examples:

The upstarts who dare to challenge the legitimacy of his rule

adjective

New and not experienced

Usage examples:

Upstart airlines like southwest are competing today with the established carriers like delta.

noun

A company that has only recently been started

Usage examples:

The article shows how mature companies can challenge upstarts., larger drug companies are buying up…

noun

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

Usage examples:

I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!

noun

A young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people

Usage examples:

I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!