pips

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Pronunciations

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Definitions

  • n. A peep, squeak.

Example Sentences

  • "Six decades ago our people experienced the greatest 'flood' in our long and bloody history, with the murder of a third of the Jewish people, including one-and-a-half million children. Hundreds of communities were systematically wiped out and nobody uttered a pips." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּיפּס pips

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

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