| 单词 | whippersnapper |
| 释义 | whippersnapper (once / 62537 pages) n A whippersnapper is someone who is younger than you are but also irritatingly overconfident and impertinent, like your little smart aleck cousin. The word whippersnapper describes a specific kind of bratty, know-it-all kid, and it's only used by an older person who is talking about a younger person. It's a fairly old-fashioned word, having been around since the late-1600s, when it apparently arose out of "whip-snapper," which implied a general sense of lots of noise and very little importance. Around the same time, the word "whipperginnie" was a derogatory term for a woman. WORD FAMILYwhippersnapper: whippersnappers USAGE EXAMPLESWhat remained were a group of whippersnappers who, to that point, were relatively unproven. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) “So you had people say: ‘OK, here are these two whippersnappers—Free Staters come here and just decided that they’re gonna run,’ ” Day said. Slate(Nov 30, 2016) There are devoted fans in Cleveland, too, but the Indians won a title in 1948, which was practically yesterday for those whippersnappers. Wall Street Journal(Oct 27, 2016) n someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous Syn|Hyper jackanapes, lightweight cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity a person of no influence |
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