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Meanings of pip-squeak in English

Someone who is small and insignificant.

        Usage of pip-squeak in English
        1
        Little pip-squeak, I shall wallop his scrawny hide to ribbons.
        Soulless
        2
        Listen, you little pip-squeak, I am coming down there.
        Blue Moon
        3
        You scared of that pip-squeak?
        The Maze Runner
        4
        He measured and remeasured it in his laboratory weekly, but it persisted, a pip-squeak of a number that wouldn't go away.
        The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
        5
        The "pip-squeak" is a shell that starts with a silly "pip", goes on with a sillier "squeeeeee", and goes off with a man's-size bang.
        A Yankee in the Trenches
        6
        "Arrogant little pip-squeak, that one," my father said, watching Victor disappear down the road.
        The Good Daughters
        7
        "Okay," Jack says, wishing he could strangle this irritating pip-squeak, "let's move a step up the administrative ladder, shall we?
        Black house
        Pip-squeak through the time