whippersnapper

English - Turkish

Definition of whippersnapper in English Turkish dictionary

i., k.dili. kendini bir şey zanneden genç

kendini beğenmiş

{i} zıpır delikanlı

kibirli kimse

{i} kendini bir şey sanan delikanlı

kendini bir şey zanneden delikanlı

{i} küçük çocuk

Buraya geri gel, seni küçük çocuk! - Come back here, you young whippersnapper!

English - English

Definition of whippersnapper in English English dictionary

a young and cheeky or presumptuous person

Eisenhower thought that the President-elect, his junior by over 25 years, was merely a young whippersnapper..

someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

disapproval If you refer to a young person as a whippersnapper, you disapprove of them because you think that they are behaving more confidently than they should. a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older people (Probably from snipper-snapper (16-19 centuries), probably from snip + snap)

A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person

{i} young person who is arrogant and assuming

Related Terms

whippersnappers

plural of whippersnapper

Hyphenation

whip·per·snap·per