whippersnappernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɪp.əˌsnæp.ər/us/ˈwɪp.ɚˌsnæp.ɚ/old-fashioned or humorousa young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people:
I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
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