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pipper

noun

Etymology

From PIP + -er.

  1. derived from pītuīta
  2. derived from pipita
  3. derived from pip
  4. inherited from pippe
  5. suffixed as pipper — “PIP + er”

Definitions

  1. A marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display.

  2. A person wearing the specific number of stars on the shoulder of their uniform, implying…

    A person wearing the specific number of stars on the shoulder of their uniform, implying a particular rank.

    • Our caricaturist, Lieutenant Fred May, has this week specialised in “three pippers,” as all of the officers in the above collection, have attained to captain's rank, and have all, so we understand, been “through it" […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pipper. 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