pip emma

adverb

Expansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.

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Meanings

adverbpip emma (not comparable)
  1. UKnot comparableExpansion of p.m.: in the afternoon or evening.

    On the spot, ready to the last button, at twelve pip emma.

    1938, P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters

Origin

From pip (“P”) + emma (“M”) in RFC WWI signalese.

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Translations

Finnish ii pee
  • ii peeinformal: in the evening
Ukrainian після обід
  • після обід (pislja obid)informal: in the evening

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pip emma

emmalemmadilemmagemmaproblemaPematremaack emmaon the horns of a dilemmaquadrilemmastremmatetralemmatrilemma
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Cite this entry
APA

pip emma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pip%20emma

MLA

“pip emma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pip%20emma. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pip emma,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pip%20emma.

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