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jackanapes

 

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Noun jackanapes has 1 sense
  1. whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight - someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
    --1 is a kind of cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity

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Jackanapes

Noun:

  1. A cheeky or mischievous child. "He was quite the jackanapes, always getting into trouble."
  2. An impudent or arrogant person. "The jackanapes at the party thought he knew everything."

Adjective:

  1. Showy or ostentatious. "She wore a jackanapes hat that turned heads everywhere she went."

Verb:

  1. To behave in a cheeky or mischievous manner. "He jackanapes around, making fun of others."

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