WHIPPERSNAPPER


Meaning of WHIPPERSNAPPER in English

/hwip"euhr snap'euhr, wip"-/ , n.

an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, esp. a young one.

[ 1665-75; prob. b. earlier whipster and snippersnapper, similar in sense; see WHIP, SNAP, -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .