whippersnapper

Meaning

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

Synonyms

lightweight

jackanapes

prig

puppy

squirt

swank

teenager

twerp

whiffet

younker

bighead

small child

cockscomb

Translations

snotneus

metido

junger Spund

mequetrefe

Gernegroß

Jungspund

Grünschnabel

mamarratxo

φαντασμένο μηδαμινό άτομο

παλιόπαιδο

φαντασμένος

αβδηρίτης

présomptueux

prétentieux

παλιοκόριτσο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/

Etymology

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.