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WHIPPERSNAPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whippersnapper mean?
• WHIPPERSNAPPER (noun)
The noun WHIPPERSNAPPER has 1 sense:
1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
Familiarity information: WHIPPERSNAPPER 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 ("whippersnapper" is a kind of...):
cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)
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"Thank who gives you and give who thanks you." (Arabic proverb)
"Bathe her and then look at her." (Egyptian proverb)