whippersnapper
an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
Origin of whippersnapper
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How to use whippersnapper in a sentence
We meet our snapper first as a whippersnapper—shot by who knows?
How Horst Captured Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, and Vivien Leigh—and Changed Fashion Photography | Patrick Strudwick | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere is the proof: even as a whippersnapper, young Rand seemed to love the cornea.
"This Desmarais is himself the hero of that episode you refer to—the very same whippersnapper," answered the Count.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueBy my sowl thin, you know betther thoughts than your own, Mr. whippersnapper, if that's the name you go by.
Stories of Comedy | VariousYou don't mean to say, Aaron Bickford, that you let a whippersnapper like that defy you?
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus | Horatio Alger Jr.
He had not been eating much lately—he had better get that little whippersnapper who attended Holly to give him a tonic.
Five Tales | John GalsworthyWhat any decent, respectable, hard-working man would do,—bring back the girl and horsewhip that whippersnapper.
Green Valley | Katharine Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for whippersnapper
/ (ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə) /
an insignificant but pretentious or cheeky person, often a young one: Also called: whipster
Origin of whippersnapper
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