Stripling - English meaning

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

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The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

Between the ages of a child and an adult

Usage examples:

The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

noun

A child.

Usage examples:

We used to mix it with that ministry of food orange juice the bairns were issued around the 1950s.

noun

A child

noun

A male child or youth.

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A four-year-old boy

exclamation

Used to express strong feelings, especially of excitement or admiration.

Usage examples:

Oh boy, that's wonderful!

noun

A male child or, more generally, a male of any age

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A teenage/adolescent boy, as a young boy, my father used to walk three miles to school., you've bee…

noun

A child, typically one that is badly behaved.

Usage examples:

She's been acting like a spoiled brat all evening

noun

A bratwurst sausage.

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Burgers, fries, ribs, brats, potato salad, pies—you name it this spread had it

noun

A child, especially one who behaves badly

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Stop it, you're being a brat!, my sister is coming over at the weekend with her brats., spoilt brat…

noun

A young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.

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She'd been playing tennis since she was a child

noun

A person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age

Usage examples:

Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children., now in their 60s, jerome and sally hav…

noun

A boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age

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An eight-year-old child, as a child i didn't eat vegetables., a small group of children waited outs…

noun

A young bird that has just fledged.

Usage examples:

Only female hummingbirds are involved in parental care; they must incubate eggs, brood young hatchl…

adjective

New and not experienced

Usage examples:

Still in his teens, he pursued his fledgling career in journalism.

adjective

A fledgling company or industry is a fairly new one with little experience in a business activity

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Many fledgling companies need financial assistance., one of those fledgeling industries in the area…

adjective

For or denoting young or younger people.

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Junior tennis

noun

A person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.

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He's five years her junior

adjective

Less advanced, or lower in rank

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The junior varsity, alfredo is a junior partner in the law firm., he was born in april, so he’s thr…

adjective

For or relating to young people.

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Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

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It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

noun

A child or young person.

Usage examples:

She collected the kids from school

verb

(of a goat) give birth.

Usage examples:

Milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding

verb

Deceive (someone) in a playful way; tease.

Usage examples:

You're kidding me!

noun

A boy or young man (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Come in, lad, and shut the door

noun

A boy or young man

noun

A boy or young man (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

He's just a wee laddie

noun

Informal for lad

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

Usage examples:

She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Usage examples:

The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

Usage examples:

A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

noun

A child.

Usage examples:

I was force-fed vegetables as a nipper

noun

A young child

noun

A boy attending school.

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Schoolboy cricketers

noun

A boy who goes to school

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He recalled that he had a schoolboy crush on her (= liked her very much when he was a schoolboy).

noun

An electric razor.

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In his new post, he oversees all functions of lighters, shavers, writing instruments and white-out …

noun

A device, esp. an electric one, used to shave

noun

A person aged between 13 and 19 years.

Usage examples:

As a teenager she discovered she had a talent for dance

noun

A person who is 13 through 19 years old

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They have two teenage sons.

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Dancing classes for tiny tots

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

verb

Salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

There was only a bent figure of a man totting among the refuse

noun

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

Usage examples:

I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!

noun

A young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people

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I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!

noun

A child, young person, or young animal.

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Members are organising a transport survey to find out how youngsters get to school.

noun

A young person, usually an older child

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The scheme is for youngsters between the ages of ten and 16.

noun

The period between childhood and adult age.

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He had been a keen sportsman in his youth

noun

The period of your life when you are young, or the state of being young

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I was a fairly good football player in my youth., the first volume is the author's account of his m…

noun

The time when something is new or not fully developed

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It's hard to believe that such an influential film could have been made when cinema was still in it…