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...as in "pipped at the post"...as in my recent postingsIt sounds like racecourse-toff, UK (from "pip-pip/hip-hip hurrah!" ? - the sound of an empty guess-barrel being scraped, that one).

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"Pip" is the name of a disease of hunting fowl, characterized by the formation of a scale on the tip of the tongue (among other symptoms). The term dates to 1420. By 1460, it was being applied,...

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After much thought.... I still can't connect any of Dave W's offered meanings to "pipped at the post" which in UK racing circles means coming second in the race, against general expectations and only...

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I recall Archie Bunker saying this a lot. Synonyms might be "bozo", "real winner" (sarcastically), and, of course, "dingbat".Not sure I've ever heard the term outside of that context, except for a few...

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I think this usage originates as a clipped, ironic use of "pippin", which literally meant a kind of apple, but was later a popular slang term for any excellent thing or person.OTOH, since "pipped at...

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AFAIK, WG's 2nd pip is a reference to the titchy gilt affairs used on officer's epaulettes to denote rank. They're small, bright and removable; and I guess are named in their turn after fruit pips.....

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>"Pip" is the name of a disease of hunting fowl,>characterized by the formation of a scale on the tip of the>tongue (among other symptoms). The term dates to 1420. > By 1460, it was being...

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'He gives me the pips' a term used in Ireland to describe someone who totally pisses you off,might be from Dave's hunting fowl,if someome gave you this, you would be totally pipped off

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I can certainly go with that one, Dr T...

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And "spots" ties in well to little coloured triangles on my sneakers....What, then, is a PIPsqueak tho? Is peep=tiny lil voice ultimately from the idea of a "spot" of sound?

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AFAIK from current usage, the "pip" denotes something small (to insignificant) while the "squeak" is the (shrill and insignificant) sound made. It's more-or-less synonymous with "upstart" though...

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The online OED derives it from pip (echoic, like "peep") + squeak. I was wondering if it might not be related to the expression "to squeeze (someone or something) until the pips squeak" (which they...

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I've only ever heard it used with reference to men (never women) with either;Small stature and an inapproopiately agressive/bullying/authoritarian approach, or:low status within their...

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> I've only ever heard it used with reference to men (never women) with eitherMy wife is a pipsqueak.And what are officer's pips -- stars/bars/epaullets(sp?), as per the "spot" root?

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The word "pip" has an amazing variety of sense in English, which it might be useful to summarize here. Each number corresponds to a separate entry in the OED:1, noun: poultry disease; vague human...

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if your wife is a pipsqueak, I'm sure she's of the US ilk. Well, so I hope for your sake. If she were of the UK model, I'd not count you a lucky fellow.In UK military (army only AFAIK) officer's pips...

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Pips are common terms in card games such as whist. to be "pipped" in contract bridge is to lose the last trick in a given suit by a small margin to a higher spot. I have seen reference to "shooting...

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well, that's a fine development... & seems to fit better than any suggestion so far. However... d'you know how far this term goes back in card-play? If you have a dated cite (the earlier the...

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