PIPSQUEAK

PRONUNCIATION: (PIP-skweek)

MEANING: noun: Something or someone small or insignificant.

ETYMOLOGY: From pip (to peep or chirp), from peep + squeak, both of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1900.
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PI PIQUE, AK - a dormant volcano in central Alaska that is about 31,415.9 feet above sea level at the summit

PIPE SQUEAK - what you hear when you try to loosen a plumbing joint that's been left alone for a hunderd years

PUPSQUEAK - the language of newborn dogs (or seals)