What is "whippersnapper" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does whippersnapper mean in English? Meaning of whippersnapper definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "whippersnapper" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "whippersnapper": someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Noun

  • Meaning: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  • Synonyms: jackanapes lightweight whippersnapper
  • Hypernyms: cipher cypher nobody nonentity
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/

    Synonyms:

    lad, fellow, youth, youngster, child, guy, buck, puppy, stripling, runt, punk, dude, cadet, chap, master, sprout, squirt, junior, sonny, half-pint, gamin, tadpole, shaver, schoolboy, little guy, little shaver, small fry, rascal, punk, devil, urchin, kid, youngster, enfant terrible, holy terror, jackanapes, impudent child, unruly child, wild one, infant, toddler, adolescent, juvenile, youth, teenager, baby, kid, offspring, minor, youngster, bairn, sprout, suckling, newborn, lamb, progeny, tyke, tot, imp, cub, innocent, squirt, issue, neonate, teen, nursling, babe, urchin, nipper, bambino, mite, descendant, moppet, brat, chick, cherub, stripling, nestling, shaver, dickens, preteen, tadpole, anklebiter, kiddie, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, pubescent, small fry, teenybopper, young one, nobody, runt, squirt, shrimp, twerp, liar, cheat, ruffian, villain, troublemaker, delinquent, mischief-maker, scoundrel, reprobate, hooligan, sneak, rogue, scalawag, shyster, fraud, trickster, rowdy, swindler, cheater, prankster, scallywag, rapscallion, holy terror, juvenile delinquent, little terror, punk kid, snotnosed kid, spoiled brat, enfant terrible, terror, troublemaker, little terror, juvenile, bairn, sprout, infant, newborn, descendant, offspring, lamb, mite, adolescent, progeny, tyke, imp, youngster, innocent, squirt, issue, minor, teenager, teen, nursling, babe, urchin, nipper, bambino, baby, cherub, bud, kid, toddler, moppet, suckling, brat, cub, youth, chick, neonate, stripling, nestling, shaver, dickens, preteen, tadpole, anklebiter, kiddie, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, pubescent, small fry, teenybopper, young one,

    Antonyms:

    girl, angel, adult, parent, adult, parent, adolescent,

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