young whippersnapper

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• whippersnapper — noun /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə,ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/ a young and cheeky or presumptuous person thought that the President elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a young whippersnapper …   Wiktionary

• whippersnapper — ► NOUN informal ▪ a young and inexperienced person who is presumptuous or overconfident. ORIGIN perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance …   English terms dictionary

• whippersnapper — [hwip′ər snap΄ər, wip′ər snap΄ər] n. [extended < whip snapper, one who snaps whips] an insignificant, esp. young, person who appears impertinent or presumptuous …   English World dictionary

• whippersnapper — UK [ˈwɪpə(r)ˌsnæpə(r)] / US [ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər] / US [ˈhwɪpərˌsnæpər] noun [countable] Word forms whippersnapper : singular whippersnapper plural whippersnappers informal old fashioned a young person who talks and behaves as though they are important …   English dictionary

• whippersnapper — [[t](h)wɪ̱pə(r)snæpə(r)[/t]] whippersnappers N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a young person as a whippersnapper, you disapprove of them because you think that they are behaving more confidently than they should. [INFORMAL, OLD FASHIONED] …   English dictionary

• whippersnapper — whip|per|snap|per [ˈwıpəˌsnæpə US ˈwıpərˌsnæpər] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from snipper snapper whippersnapper (16 19 centuries), probably from snip + snap] old fashioned a young person who is too confident and does not show enough… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• whippersnapper — /hwip euhr snap euhr, wip /, n. an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, esp. a young one. [1665 75; prob. b. earlier whipster and snippersnapper, similar in sense; see WHIP, SNAP, ER1] * * * …   Universalium

• whippersnapper — whip|per|snap|per [ wıpər,snæpər, hwıpər,snæpər ] noun count OLD FASHIONED INFORMAL a young person who talks and behaves as though they are important when they are not …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• whippersnapper — n. young person who is arrogant and assuming …   English contemporary dictionary

• whippersnapper — noun informal a young and inexperienced person who is presumptuous or overconfident. Origin C17: perh. representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance …   English new terms dictionary

• whippersnapper — noun (C) old fashioned a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English