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pip-pip en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɪpˈpɪp/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Possibly imitative, perhaps of a short, high sound made by a bicycle or car horn; see pip-pip-pip.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial) Goodbye; cheerio, toodle-oo, toodle-pip (mostly used by the upper classes).
    • Gee-Gee struck a Fifth Avenue attitude. "Home, James. My car and chauffeur awaits me lord in the alley. Pip-pip, big stuff." 1937 October, “Brant House” [pseudonym; G. T. Fleming-Roberts], “‘No End by Death’”, in Secret Agent “X” in The Assassins’ League, Springfield, Mass.: Periodical House, Inc., OCLC 20615773; reprinted [Doylestown, Pa.?]: Wildside Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8095-7175-8, page 24
    • "In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!" 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII:
  2. (UK, colloquial) A general greeting (mostly used by the upper classes)..
    • Pip-pip! What's going on here?
    • I can do a French accent or a German accent or a British accent. (Doing British accent) Pip, pip! Lovely day, isn't it? 1990, Gail Golden (book), Grant Golden (music and lyrics), A Little Bit of Magic, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, page 1:
  3. (UK, colloquial) Used to create enthusiasm (mostly used by the upper classes).
    • Pip-pip! Let's get out there and knock the stuffing out of 'em!

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