ˈwhipping-ˌsnapping,a.nonce-wd. [Fanciful f. whipper-snapper.] Diminutive, insignificant. 1861Thackeray Round. Papers, Ogres, Though they had seven-leagued boots,..all sorts of little whipping-snapping Tomb [sic] Thumbs used to elude and out-run them.