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单词 whippersnapper
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Definition of whippersnapper in English:

whippersnapper

nounˈwɪpəsnapəˈ(h)wɪpərˌsnæpər
informal
  • A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

    I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To the average young whippersnapper of today, this would be most risible, but I care not for the follies of youth.
    • I was going to put the young whippersnapper in his place.
    • So if he runs again, aged 88, the voters know they would be insane to toss that away just because some young whippersnapper agreed with them about mere politics.
    • I can't promise that you'll like everything - though you'd seriously impress any music-mad whippersnappers if you added them all to your collection.
    • The harsh reality that we young whippersnappers hate to face is that most people in America actually don't think like us and our friends.
    • Who are these whippersnappers to pooh-pooh him?
    • The Mirror spoke to our young whippersnapper last weekend from London.
    • Publisher Sander Hicks is a mohawked young whippersnapper, who, despite his defiant appearance, is as slick as they come.
    • Being young and carefree whippersnappers, we at the Reg had never given much thought to our own mortality.
    • They survived the Depression, won a world war, put a man on the moon, and educated all of us young whippersnappers who are now trying to tell them what to do.
    • We'll show those young whippersnappers a thing or two about vomiting in doorways!
    • See, we old fogies can be just as smart-alecky as the young whippersnappers!
    • There's a decent-sized cult coalition that seems to think this young whippersnapper will eventually do something other than grow his own mutual funds.
    • With all this talk about young whippersnappers trying to get involved in politics, it has been largely overlooked that old coots aren't exactly in the middle of the action.
    • He was a young whippersnapper who made me feel old, but great fun.
    • A young whippersnapper at the Department of State was willing to discuss this sensitive matter on background.
    • It may be hard for younger whippersnappers to comprehend just how bad music was in the mid-70s.
    • You have to understand that Ray Charles was a young whippersnapper who looked good.
    • I reckon giving that young whippersnapper an early taste of local body politics will immunise him against parochial politics for life.
    • They need some young whippersnappers in there.
    Synonyms
    young upstart
    informal pipsqueak, squirt, stripling, brat, minx, slip of a …
    British informal squit
    North American informal snip
    dated puppy, pup
    archaic malapert

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.

 
 

Definition of whippersnapper in US English:

whippersnapper

nounˈ(h)wɪpərˌsnæpərˈ(h)wipərˌsnapər
informal
  • A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

    I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They need some young whippersnappers in there.
    • He was a young whippersnapper who made me feel old, but great fun.
    • Who are these whippersnappers to pooh-pooh him?
    • It may be hard for younger whippersnappers to comprehend just how bad music was in the mid-70s.
    • With all this talk about young whippersnappers trying to get involved in politics, it has been largely overlooked that old coots aren't exactly in the middle of the action.
    • The Mirror spoke to our young whippersnapper last weekend from London.
    • There's a decent-sized cult coalition that seems to think this young whippersnapper will eventually do something other than grow his own mutual funds.
    • They survived the Depression, won a world war, put a man on the moon, and educated all of us young whippersnappers who are now trying to tell them what to do.
    • So if he runs again, aged 88, the voters know they would be insane to toss that away just because some young whippersnapper agreed with them about mere politics.
    • To the average young whippersnapper of today, this would be most risible, but I care not for the follies of youth.
    • Publisher Sander Hicks is a mohawked young whippersnapper, who, despite his defiant appearance, is as slick as they come.
    • I reckon giving that young whippersnapper an early taste of local body politics will immunise him against parochial politics for life.
    • I can't promise that you'll like everything - though you'd seriously impress any music-mad whippersnappers if you added them all to your collection.
    • A young whippersnapper at the Department of State was willing to discuss this sensitive matter on background.
    • The harsh reality that we young whippersnappers hate to face is that most people in America actually don't think like us and our friends.
    • See, we old fogies can be just as smart-alecky as the young whippersnappers!
    • You have to understand that Ray Charles was a young whippersnapper who looked good.
    • We'll show those young whippersnappers a thing or two about vomiting in doorways!
    • Being young and carefree whippersnappers, we at the Reg had never given much thought to our own mortality.
    • I was going to put the young whippersnapper in his place.
    Synonyms
    young upstart

Origin

Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper, expressing noise and unimportance.

 
 
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