as in dwarf
a person of no importance or influence
I'm not changing my job based on the advice of some pip-squeak who cornered me at a party
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Recent Examples of pip-squeak
Who can forget the pip-squeak who broke the fourth wall to reel in preschool audiences with problem-solving questions?
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Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
After he's captured and turned into a pip-squeak himself, Luke must find a way to turn the tables on the wicked schemers.
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Danny Horn,
EW.com,
6 Oct. 2023
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
After he's captured and turned into a pip-squeak himself, Luke must find a way to turn the tables on the wicked schemers.
—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
6 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pip-squeak
Noun
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For pots, look for dwarf zinnia varieties that won’t require staking.
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As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.
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But in my view, our relationships to animals, whose lives are untouched by the existential woes and artifices of personhood, are the richest and most evident ciphers for our own often inscrutable psyches.
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.
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Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
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Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
Noun
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Wear lightweight, loose and light-colored clothing and a brimmed hat.
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The lightweight frames have rubber temple grips and adjustable nose pads.
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Significant stinging insect infestations like wasps and carpenter bees may also require a specialized plan that isn’t included in your general pest control service.
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Other eco-amenities include all-natural insect repellent and sunscreen in refillable containers, plus a handy pouch with reusable straw and cutlery to bring along during day trips.
Noun
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Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
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Taking on classic buddy-comedy attributes, Sam is the together one with a programmatic path toward life as a wealthy but hollow finance twerp, while Ari is the brash, cracked, less-medicated-than-he-should-be bull in a china shop.
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“Pip-squeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pip-squeak. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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