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Meanings of
pip-squeak
in inglês
Someone who is small and insignificant.
squirt
small fry
Synonyms
Examples for "
squirt
"
squirt
small fry
Examples for "
squirt
"
1
Whatever you do, don't forget a generous
squirt
of the local mustard.
2
Her manager judged of her excellently; she certainly sang like a
squirt
.
3
He stopped abruptly, and a
squirt
of laughter burst from the butcher.
4
The divers
squirt
the toxin in the reef to stun the fish.
5
Also forcible, impressibly forcible-withthe force of a
squirt
of tobacco juice.
1
The message is clear: Nunavut is not the place for
small
fry
.
2
Oh, of course it isn't practical to bother about the
small
fry
.
3
The
small
fry
,
startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement.
4
This
small
fry
I take to be the top of their fishery.
5
But the
small
fry
,
such as you, will not get a shilling.
Usage of
pip-squeak
in inglês
1
Little
pip-squeak
,
I shall wallop his scrawny hide to ribbons.
2
Listen, you little
pip-squeak
,
I am coming down there.
3
You scared of that
pip-squeak
?
4
He measured and remeasured it in his laboratory weekly, but it persisted, a
pip-squeak
of a number that wouldn't go away.
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.
6
"Arrogant little
pip-squeak
,
that one," my father said, watching Victor disappear down the road.
7
"Okay," Jack says, wishing he could strangle this irritating
pip-squeak
,
"let's move a step up the administrative ladder, shall we?
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
little pip-squeak
irritating pip-squeak
Pip-squeak
through the time