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Meanings of
whippersnapper
in English
Portuguese
metido
Catalan
fantotxe
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Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
lightweight
jackanapes
Portuguese
metido
Synonyms
Examples for "
lightweight
"
lightweight
jackanapes
Examples for "
lightweight
"
1
Sprinkler systems would offset the danger created by
lightweight
construction, firefighters say.
2
The iPad has had a difficult year after introducing the
lightweight
Air.
3
That means smaller engines, hybrid drivetrains and wider use of
lightweight
materials.
4
The composition of the
lightweight
four was in doubt until this week.
5
After the war he plans to bring out a plastic,
lightweight
car.
1
The young
jackanapes
seems to have a natural affinity for sharpers and swindlers.
2
He was naught but a young
jackanapes
for all his finery.
3
The girl with the beautiful eyebrows had married that French
jackanapes
after all.
4
He would soon let the
jackanapes
see that he was mistaken.
5
You'll not join those
jackanapes
in their gambols during business hours.
Usage of
whippersnapper
in English
1
Surely this young
whippersnapper
couldn't have possibly played for the first team.
2
After all, Ms Stuart was, at that stage, a mere
whippersnapper
of 87.
3
Walt Disney looks to be putting the
whippersnapper
in its place.
4
A young
whippersnapper
had been able to take liberties with it.
5
He loved her as that
whippersnapper
yonder was not capable of loving anyone.
6
And stop him being challenged and killed by some
whippersnapper
?
7
It seems to me I'll have something to say about that, you young
whippersnapper
!
8
I'm still kind of a young
whippersnapper
and I can go out and do it.
9
This
whippersnapper
has a father, a parson, who can write the most offensive letters imaginable.
10
What, every
whippersnapper
in the line be your superior?
11
Then we've got two objectives, kid: One, find Lana, Trina and that cute little
whippersnapper
.
12
The
whippersnapper
,
still just 25, has been creeping up on us for the last few years.
13
Well, of all the nerve, you young
whippersnapper
.
14
Now you listen to me, you young
whippersnapper
.
15
Some retailers think that a less frisky market is no reason to stop dressing like a
whippersnapper
.
16
And Cortez was just a young
whippersnapper
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
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whippersnapper
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
young whippersnapper
little whippersnapper
mere whippersnapper
beckone the whippersnapper
have a whippersnapper
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Translations for
whippersnapper
Portuguese
metido
Catalan
fantotxe
taral·lirot
mamarratxo
Whippersnapper
through the time