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whippersnapper

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14 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/Part of speech nounSorted aeehinpppprrswStarts with WEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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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