Definition of whippersnapper
: a diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person
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Examples of whippersnapper in a Sentence
some young whippersnapper piped up with a pointless comment
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A bunch of relative whippersnappers in their 50s also made the Tony nominations cut, including David Hyde Pierce for Hello, Dolly!
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In modern-day literature, whippersnappers who wouldn't know a mule from a hole in the ground are killing mules by the caravan.
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Saturday, the Sharks were finished off by an Oilers’ squad of young whippersnappers, many of whom had never been involved in any postseason games.
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A bunch of West Coast whippersnappers go into your site, figure out when your customers are spending money, tell a robot to take additional amounts out regularly and then invest the money someplace else.
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Meanwhile, Guided By Voices’ hyper-prolific front man Robert Pollard beat those two whippersnappers by several years, screaming to life in 1957.
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Origin and Etymology of whippersnapper
alteration of snippersnapper
WHIPPERSNAPPER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of whippersnapper for English Language Learners
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: a young person who annoys older people by being very confident and acting like someone important
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