young'un
14
9.3
- noun
- /ˈjʌŋən/
- Informal
:
chiquillo (informal)
- I'll keep an eye on the young'uns.
- raise your young'un
- two young'uns
- three young'uns
Examples
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The old birds acted like worried parents as their young'uns left the nest and learned what wings were for.
Fiction book (1995) -
l got nobody to watch over my young'uns.
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Wanna show these young'uns a thing or two?
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When are you young'uns gonna learn that crime never pays?
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Frankly, I want all the young'uns to be successful.
Blog text (1) -
How come you don't take that young'un out there?
Fiction book (1996) -
I watch these young'uns up on this mountain walking past on their way to the school bus, just little bitty things.
Fiction book (2002) -
This here young'un, the Tiny Troubadour, is going to sing a little song.
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I'll not have a young'un mucking up the year's work.
Fiction book (1994) -
Wanna show these young'uns a thing or two?
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A young person, usually a child
777
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
213
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
145
7.2
A friendly, informal way to call a child or young person
101
1.0
A young person, often a boy or young man
87
7.7
A young child
79
3.9
A young person who is not yet an adult
28
7.5
A young person with little experience
18
5.5
A young person who is new to a job
3
1.0
A baby animal or a child
3
9.0
A child or young person in British English
2
5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
1
7.5
A young child
1
8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
A young child in old or local language
Antonyms
39
5.2
A person who has done something for a long time and is respected for their experience
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Young'un comes from people saying young and one together in casual speech, where one is said as 'un'. So a young'un is simply the 'young one', a child or a young animal, which is why the word is used in informal talk.