whippersnapper

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

snotneus

branie

Synoniemen

lightweight

jackanapes

prig

puppy

squirt

swank

teenager

twerp

whiffet

younker

bighead

small child

cockscomb

Vertalingen

metido

mequetrefe

junger Spund

Gernegroß

Grünschnabel

Jungspund

mamarratxo

παλιόπαιδο

παλιοκόριτσο

φαντασμένο μηδαμινό άτομο

φαντασμένος

αβδηρίτης

présomptueux

prétentieux

taral·lirot

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.