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whipper-snapper

 

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Noun whipper-snapper 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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Dictionary Definition of Whipper-Snapper

Noun: a whipper-snapper refers to a young and inexperienced or impertinent person.

Sense 1: a young and inexperienced person

Example sentence: The company hired a group of whipper-snappers fresh out of college to bring in new ideas.

Sense 2: an impertinent and cheeky person

Example sentence: That whipper-snapper had the audacity to question the authority of his superiors.

Adjective: when used as an adjective, whipper-snapper describes something or someone as being small or insignificant.

Sense 1: small or insignificant in size or importance

Example sentence: The whipper-snapper shop around the corner seems to have unique and interesting trinkets for sale.

Plural Noun: whipper-snappers refer to a group of young and inexperienced or impertinent people.

Sense 1: a group of young and inexperienced people

Example sentence: The old-timers were not amused by the antics of the whipper-snappers at the party.

Sense 2: a group of impertinent and cheeky people

Example sentence: The whipper-snappers formed a mischievous alliance to challenge the traditional norms of the society.

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