piss-ant (pissant)

piss-ant (pissant)
1 adjective (only before noun) AmE informal an impolite word meaning of very low value, quality, or importance: I get really fed up doing these piss-ant little jobs. 2 noun AmE informal an impolite word meaning an annoying person with a weak character: The stupid little piss-ant!

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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