STRIPLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stripling mean? 

• STRIPLING (noun)
  The noun STRIPLING has 1 sense:

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

  Familiarity information: STRIPLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIPLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager

Hypernyms ("stripling" is a kind of...):

juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stripling"):

chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)

mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)

pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)

punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)

rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)

young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)

 Context examples 

The squire, a dark, slender stripling, spoke firmly and quickly, as one who was trained to swift action.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The one to whom Felton found himself opposed was a tall stripling with a stag's head upon his shield, while Sir Nigel's man was broad and squat with plain steel harness, and a pink and white torse bound round his helmet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)