Chiefly derogatory. As a term of abuse: a worthless, unpleasant, or obnoxious person. Cf. shit, n. 2. Also as a more general term of abuse.

A mean, inferior, insignificant person; = scrub, n.1 5. Obsolete.

A mean, disreputable, or contemptible person; a rascal, a rogue. Also: a worn-out, thin, or neglected person or animal; a worthless thing.

A paltry or insignificant person.

apparently = whipster, n. 1c.

An insignificant contemptible person; a chit.

Applied to persons. A mean, insignificant, or paltry fellow; also, a short or thin person.

A metropolitan bishop.

transferred. A mean insignificant fellow, a person of little account or poor appearance.

A small, insignificant, or contemptible person. Now rare.

One whose nose is dirty with snot; hence, a paltry, mean, or contemptible fellow.

A vague term of reproach, contempt, or the like, with various shades of meaning. A slight, insignificant, or contemptible person. (The current…

A miserable or insignificant creature.

A trifler; an insignificant or contemptible fellow (cf. whiffling, adj.1 3); also, a shifty or evasive person.

Unimportance; contemptibility; = insignificance, n. 2. With an and plural, An instance or example of this; an unimportant or contemptible thing or…

figurative. Applied contemptuously to a person, as insignificant or despicable (sometimes also as annoying, like an insect persistently buzzing…

An unimportant or contemptible person.

= picayune, n. 1.

colloquial. A paltry or contemptible person; a whippersnapper; a fop. Also spec. a child or young person. Originally U.S.

= whiffler, n.2 2.

U.S. A contemptible or insignificant person.

colloquial. A worthless or contemptible person; a trivial or unimportant matter or thing.