pleepn.

Brit.

/pliːp/, U.S.

/plip/

Forms: 1800s– pleep, 1900s– plip (in sense 1).

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative.For an explanation of the semantic development of sense 2 see quots. 1943 at sense 2 and 1948 at sense 2.

1. Scottish (chiefly Orkney and Shetland). A shrill piping cry, esp. that of a wading bird; the weak peeping cry of a young bird. Also: any of various seabirds making this cry.

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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 197 The piping note this bird [sc. Common Sand-piper] utters when disturbed has given rise to its names of Heather peeper (Aberdeen)..watery pleeps (Orkney Isles).

1897 Shetland News 19 June I tink I could hear da pleeps o' hit whin it wis i' his stameck.

1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 659/2 Plip, a peeping sound, esp. of small birds, e.g. chickens; also of the short, shrill sound produced by the oyster-catcher.

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 63/1 Der wisna a soond bit da pleep o da shalder.

2. R.A.F. slang. In the Second World War (1939–45): an enemy pilot who refuses to engage in combat. Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > fighter pilot > cowardly

pleep1942

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > air force pilot > cowardly

pleep1942

1942 Gen 1 Sept. 14/2 A Heinkel pilot who shoots too soon or runs for home is definitely a ‘poor type’ or just a ‘pleep’.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 52 Pleep, the note of a high klaxon; a Hun pilot who turns tail.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 144 Pleep, an enemy pilot that refuses aerial combat. Echoic of a timorous young bird.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleep
释义	pleepn. Brit. /pliːp/, U.S. /plip/ Forms: 1800s– pleep, 1900s– plip (in sense 1). Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative.For an explanation of the semantic development of sense 2 see quots. 1943 at sense 2 and 1948 at sense 2. 1. Scottish (chiefly Orkney and Shetland). A shrill piping cry, esp. that of a wading bird; the weak peeping cry of a young bird. Also: any of various seabirds making this cry. ΚΠ 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 197 The piping note this bird [sc. Common Sand-piper] utters when disturbed has given rise to its names of Heather peeper (Aberdeen)..watery pleeps (Orkney Isles). 1897 Shetland News 19 June I tink I could hear da pleeps o' hit whin it wis i' his stameck. 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland II. 659/2 Plip, a peeping sound, esp. of small birds, e.g. chickens; also of the short, shrill sound produced by the oyster-catcher. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. 63/1 Der wisna a soond bit da pleep o da shalder. 2. R.A.F. slang. In the Second World War (1939–45): an enemy pilot who refuses to engage in combat. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > fighter pilot > cowardly pleep1942 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > air force pilot > cowardly pleep1942 1942 Gen 1 Sept. 14/2 A Heinkel pilot who shoots too soon or runs for home is definitely a ‘poor type’ or just a ‘pleep’. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 52 Pleep, the note of a high klaxon; a Hun pilot who turns tail. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 144 Pleep, an enemy pilot that refuses aerial combat. Echoic of a timorous young bird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885
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