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whippersnapper(dictionary)

whippersnapper (iou)



whippersnapper noun. L17.
[Perh. from WHIP noun + SNAPPER noun1, after earlier SNIPPER-SNAPPER.]
A small or insignificant person; esp. an insignificant but impertinent or intrusive (usu. young) person.
J. Galsworthy A whipper-snapper of a young fellow.
whippersnap verb intrans. [back-form.] behave like a whippersnapper, be impertinent or intrusive E20.