pipper

[ pip-er ]

noun

1. the center of the reticule of a gunsight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipper¹

pip ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Pipper can also fetch ordinary household items that might be out of reach for Tiffany.

From Washington Times

It seems 'most too lucky that I've got on so well, spite of Pipper's taking the figs.

From Project Gutenberg

"Pipper!" she murmured to herself.

From Project Gutenberg

The 46-year-old man, who was not identified, was out hunting on Sunday with a friend and his friend's dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Pipper, near the Bear River Bird Refuge in the northern section of the Great Salt Lake, about 10 miles west of Brigham City, officials said.

From Reuters

An' for readin'—losh, wumman!—he would sit glowerin' at a pipper a nicht wi' the interestedest look in his een—sae dwamt-like that ye wad hae' thocht he didna' ken a word.'

From Project Gutenberg