whippersnapper

Related topics: Youth

whip·per·snap·per /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə $ ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/ noun [countableC]

old-fashionedSSYRUDE/IMPOLITE a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people 妄自尊大的年轻人，傲慢无礼的小子

Examples from the Corpus

whippersnapper• An older Tony Gwynn must compete only with that whippersnapper and a young Dave Winfield with an aversion to the right-field wall.

Origin whippersnapper

(1600-1700) Probably from snipper-snapper “whippersnapper” ((16-19 centuries)), probably from snip + snap

单词	whippersnapper
释义	whippersnapper Related topics: Youth whip·per·snap·per /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə $ ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/ noun [countableC] old-fashionedSSYRUDE/IMPOLITE a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people 妄自尊大的年轻人，傲慢无礼的小子 Examples from the Corpus whippersnapper• An older Tony Gwynn must compete only with that whippersnapper and a young Dave Winfield with an aversion to the right-field wall. Origin whippersnapper (1600-1700) Probably from snipper-snapper “whippersnapper” ((16-19 centuries)), probably from snip + snap
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