WHIPPERSNAPPER


Meaning of WHIPPERSNAPPER in English

(~s)

If you refer to a young person as a ~, you disapprove of them because you think that they are behaving more confidently than they should. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)

N-COUNT disapproval

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