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whippersnapper

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Youth
whip·per·snap·per /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə $ ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/ noun [countable]  old-fashionedSSYRUDE/IMPOLITE a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people 妄自尊大的年轻人,傲慢无礼的小子
Examples from the Corpus
whippersnapperAn older Tony Gwynn must compete only with that whippersnapper and a young Dave Winfield with an aversion to the right-field wall.
Origin whippersnapper (1600-1700) Probably from snipper-snapper whippersnapper ((16-19 centuries)), probably from snip + snap
whip·per·snap·per nounChineseSyllable
is and does person confident not too young who a Corpus


whippersnapper
whippersnapper /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə $ ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: Probably from snipper-snapper 'whippersnapper' (16-19 centuries), probably from snip + snap
old-fashioned a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people


whip·per·snap·perBrE /ˈwɪpəsnæpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪpərsnæpər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, informal) a young and unimportant person who behaves in a way that others think is too confident and rude 狂妄小子