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whippersnapper

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Scrabble points
28
Words With Friends
32
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/
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/ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/ · /ˈʍɪpəɹˌsnæpəɹ/ (US)

Definition of whippersnapper

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial)A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience.
    “These whippersnappers have never had to walk far or carry water.”
    “"Throw me a nine iron Fatman, I want to make sure of getting inside you young whippersnappers."”
    “Eisenhower thought that the President-elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a "young whippersnapper."”

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Etymology

Extension of *whip-snapper (“a cracker of whips”), or perhaps from snipper-snapper. Compare also whipperginnie (“term of abuse for a woman”), late 16th c.

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