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Webster 1913 Edition
Whippersnapper
Whip′per-snapˊper
,Noun.
A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person.
[Colloq.]
“Little whippersnappers like you.” T. Hughes.
Definition 2025
whippersnapper
whippersnapper
See also: whipper snapper
English
Noun
whippersnapper (plural whippersnappers)
- a young and cheeky or presumptuous person
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Eisenhower thought that the President-elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a "young whippersnapper."
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage