whippersnapper
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- noun
- /ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/
- Offensive
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- In today's video, the young whippersnappers in our audience are going to have a look at how the previous generation lived.
- a young whippersnapper
- a little whippersnapper
Well, it stars me and Amy Poehler and Adam Scott, some little whippersnapper named Chris Pratt.
- Well, it stars me and Amy Poehler and Adam Scott, some little whippersnapper named Chris Pratt.
- I was quite sort of a left wing, you know, young whippersnapper at that point.
Examples
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Now, you young whippersnapper, kiss your mother goodbye.
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What the devil do you think you're doing, you young whippersnapper?
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Has that whippersnapper been making up to you?
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Age has nothing to do with ability, and yes, that young whippersnapper needs to learn that.
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Now, this young whippersnapper comes along and makes fun of all of them.
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Well, it serves the young whippersnapper right.
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We don't need some some young whippersnapper to tell us how to do stuff.
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I learned a few tricks of the trade that could be helpful to all you young whippersnappers who want to retire as early as possible.
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She was an actress way back in the day, you young whippersnappers who never heard of her.
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What does that young whippersnapper know about real work?
Synonyms
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A young person who is rude and thinks they know more than others
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A person who is rude and shows too much confidence
A person, often young, who gossips and says rude things about others
A man who is playful and a little rude in a friendly way people like
Compounds
- Offensive
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A young person who is rude and thinks they know more than others
How Cheeky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word whippersnapper comes from joining whip and snap, which gives the image of something quick and noisy. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a young person who 'snaps' quick answers and acts 'cheeky' or 'rude', so whippersnapper means a bold, rude young person.