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JACKANAPES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jackanapes mean?
• JACKANAPES (noun)
The noun JACKANAPES has 1 sense:
1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
Familiarity information: JACKANAPES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
jackanapes; lightweight; whippersnapper
Hypernyms ("jackanapes" is a kind of...):
cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)
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