whippersnapper
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noun \ˈhwi-pər-ˌsna-pər, ˈwi-\Definition of WHIPPERSNAPPER
: a diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person
See Examples of WHIPPERSNAPPER
- <some young whippersnapper piped up with a pointless comment>
Origin of WHIPPERSNAPPER
alteration of snippersnapper
First Known Use: 1700
Related to WHIPPERSNAPPER
- Synonyms
- cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, nobody, zero, zilch
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