Definition of "pissant" [piss•ant]

• One that is insignificant. (noun)
• Obsolete An ant. (noun)
• Not important; insignificant: "Some pissant Texas court wants to make [the company] pay . . . more than $10 billion in reparations” ( New Republic). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The little pissant is so mad at having his clock repeatedly cleaned that he has reverted to what mental midgets like hm always revert to."
• "The cop kept telling me that it was a matter of public safety ... somehow chubby middle aged white women are endangering public safety by photographing 100 year old public buildings in pissant towns like mine - kinda makes me proud to be taken as a threat at this point of my life. twitter • Some authors only plug their books or related products in their tweets, but some writers actually carry on a conversation or share interesting topics."
• "June 23rd, 2006 at 3: 49 pm jealousofjeff says: jason pissant is a redcoat – he would rather ’serve his president’ than defend the constitution. redcoat."