whippersnapper
noun
whip·per·snap·per
ˈ(h)wi-pər-ˌsna-pər 
: a diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person
Examples of whippersnapper in a Sentence
some young whippersnapper piped up with a pointless comment
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The new telescope does, though, have a whippersnapper nipping at its heels.
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Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
Now please don’t get the whippersnappers in the GTW offices wrong.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Like his character, his powers haven’t dimmed with age, whatever the whippersnappers might think, and if both have made a few bad decisions in a long career, not even Superman is perfect anymore.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Chalamet is just 29 — a whippersnapper in AARP terms.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
Now please don’t get the whippersnappers in the GTW offices wrong.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Like his character, his powers haven’t dimmed with age, whatever the whippersnappers might think, and if both have made a few bad decisions in a long career, not even Superman is perfect anymore.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Chalamet is just 29 — a whippersnapper in AARP terms.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Whippersnapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whippersnapper. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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whippersnapper
noun
whip·per·snap·per
ˈhwip-ər-ˌsnap-ər
ˈwip-
: a small, unimportant, or overly confident person
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