whippersnapper

Significat (Anglès)

A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience.

Conceptes

fantotxe

mamarratxo

taral·lirot

Sinònims

lightweight

jackanapes

prig

puppy

squirt

swank

teenager

twerp

whiffet

younker

bighead

small child

cockscomb

Traduccions

snotneus

metido

Gernegroß

mequetrefe

junger Spund

παλιόπαιδο

παλιοκόριτσο

Grünschnabel

présomptueux

αβδηρίτης

prétentieux

vantard

moscardino

bellimbusto

φαντασμένος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.