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pipe-hitter

noun

Etymology

From pipe + hitter. The military sense originated with the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.

  1. derived from *kh₂eyd-✻ — “to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”
  2. derived from *hittijaną✻ — “to come upon, find”
  3. derived from hitta
  4. inherited from hittan
  5. inherited from hitten
  6. formed as hitter — “hit + -er”
  7. compounded as pipe-hitter — “pipe + hitter”

Definitions

  1. A person that smokes drugs (especially opium) from a pipe.

    • We had several exhibitions of opium smoking, or "hitting the pipe." Every "pipe-hitter" seemed to feel glorious.
    • And so in his indolent way he drifted gradually into the habit and became a confirmed "pipe-hitter."
    • I frequently play 'em to 'double out' but I've been playing 'colors' lately, for they've had me locked up with a drunken coon, a Greaser horse-thief, and a Chinese pipe-hitter.

  2. An intrepid individual

    An intrepid individual; a go-getter.

    • This guy is one serious tackdriving pipe-hitter. If we're going to go after somebody this experienced, this dangerous, I think we deserve to know what he's really up to.
    • Despite his outer appearance of a hard-charging pipehitter, Sahil had a genuine gift for empathy.
    • I'll build you a team of pipe-hitters who'll do anything you can dream up.

  3. A skilled and intimidating soldier.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for pipe-hitter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA