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How to pronounce whippersnapper in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms jackanapes, lightweight
Type of cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity

Examples of whippersnapper

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You don't have to be a size six whippersnapper to engage in some supermodel chic.
From the expressandstar.com
His initial response to me seemed typical of this still-young whippersnapper.
From the signonsandiego.com
The whippersnapper on the bill is Alabama blues-country singer Willem Maker.
From the post-gazette.com
But you can see how much wisdom the Saint could impart to the Muslim whippersnapper.
From the bostonherald.com
As a mere whippersnapper, Collin Turner once upstaged PGA star Corey Pavin.
From the inrich.com
Tuesday was a night of pros, but with a young whippersnapper on the podium.
From the latimes.com
Didn't anybody ever teach that young whippersnapper that ladies go first?
From the chron.com
It's especially a shame how he characterizes Griffith's alive-and-kicking whippersnapper.
From the newsobserver.com
I am an old and wise man of the world who should not be usurped by some whippersnapper.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
More examples
  • Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  • Whippersnapper was an English folk band formed in the mid-80s consisting of Dave Swarbrick (Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals), Chris Leslie (Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals), Kevin Dempsey (Guitar, Vocals) and Martin Jenkins (Mando-cello, Flute, Vocals).
  • A young and cheeky or presumptuous person
  • A diminutive fellow.