"pip pip" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˌpɪpˈpɪp/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-pip pip.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Possibly imitative. Head templates: {{en-interj}} pip pip
  1. (Britain, colloquial) Goodbye; cheerio, toodeloo (toodle-oo), toodle pip (mostly used by the upper classes). Tags: Britain, colloquial
    Sense id: en-pip_pip-en-intj-3aca3FiV Categories (other): British English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 59 17 24 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 46 23 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 15 23
  2. (Britain, colloquial) A general greeting, mostly used by the upper classes. Tags: Britain, colloquial
    Sense id: en-pip_pip-en-intj-rDMi5DTr Categories (other): British English
  3. (Britain, colloquial) Used to create enthusiasm, mostly by the upper classes. Tags: Britain, colloquial
    Sense id: en-pip_pip-en-intj-7~bHPQ0K Categories (other): British English

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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "Gee-Gee struck a Fifth Avenue attitude. \"Home, James. My car and chauffeur awaits me lord in the alley. Pip-pip, big stuff.\""
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          "ref": "2013, Kim Foster, chapter 14, in A Beautiful Heist, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing Corp.",
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          "ref": "2013, Garry Bushell, Face Down (Face Trilogy), [Chatham, Kent?]: Caffeine Nights Publishing",
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