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Meaning of pipper | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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 particular rank.
    in-compounds, slang

Examples

“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" […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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