The meaning of Whippersnappers

Whippersnappers – definition

noun
A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.
Usage examples:
I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!
Synonims:
Young upstart Pipsqueak Squirt Stripling Brat Minx Slip of a …Squit Snip Puppy Pup Malapert

noun
A young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people
Usage examples:
I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!

Whippersnappers translation into English

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Chinese

鞭打者

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Dutch

Whippersnappers, Snotneus, Kereltje, Jochie, Ventje

Whippersnappers: translate from English into French

Freluquets, Freluquet

Whippersnappers: translate from English into German

Schlagsahne, Knirps, Grünschnabel

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Hindi

व्हिपर्सनैपर्स

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Italian

Frustini, Sfrontatello

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Korean

위퍼스내퍼, 하찮은 사람

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Russian

Халявщики, Молокосос, Мальчишка, Ничтожество

Whippersnappers: translate from English into Spanish

Chorlitos, Mequetrefe, Casquivano

Word origin

late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.

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Whippersnappers – similar words

whippersnapper

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

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Whippersnappers synonims

brat

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.
Usage examples:
Burgers, fries, ribs, brats, potato salad, pies—you name it this spread had it

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malapert

ˈmaləpəːt

adjective
Boldly disrespectful; impudent.
Usage examples:
Indeed, we aim to show that the somewhat malapert remarks of derrida on fukuyama open up onto somet…

noun
An impudent person.
Usage examples:
The rest of you who are learners, healthy skeptics, and marketing malaperts will find lessons within.

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minx

noun
An impudent, cunning, or boldly flirtatious girl or young woman.
Usage examples:
You saucy little minx!

noun
A girl or young woman who knows how to control other people to her advantage

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pipsqueak

noun
A person considered to be insignificant, especially because they are small or young.
Usage examples:
I was damned if a nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with spots was going to make me feel loathsome

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pup

noun
A young dog.
Usage examples:
Kate, who owns parker, the youngest of the pups, has made the same mistake i made with poppy when s…

verb
(of bitches and certain other female animals) give birth to young.
Usage examples:
Our doberman just pupped

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puppy

noun
A young dog.
Usage examples:
National charity, hearing dogs for deaf people, which has a training centre at cliffe, near selby, …

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snip

verb
Cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes.
Usage examples:
She was snipping a few dead heads off the roses

noun
An act of snipping something.
Usage examples:
He took a snip at a dandelion on the grass

verb
To cut something, usually with a few quick actions using scissors (= cutting device with two blades) or a similar device
Usage examples:
I asked the barber just to snip the ends of my hair.

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squirt

verb
Cause (a liquid) to be ejected from a small opening in a thin, fast stream or jet.
Usage examples:
She squirted soda into a glass

noun
A thin stream or small quantity of liquid squirted from something.
Usage examples:
A squirt of perfume

verb
To quickly force a liquid out of something, or of liquids to flow through a narrow opening
Usage examples:
[ t ] squirt lemon juice on the clams and enjoy them., [ i ] fig. the ball squirted free (= moved q…

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