whipper-snapperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• whipper-snapper
• whipper snapper

語源

Extension of *whip-snapper (“a cracker of whips”), or perhaps from snipper-snapper. Compare also whipperginnie (“term of abuse for a woman”), late 16th c.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɪpəˌsnæpə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈʍɪpəɹˌsnæpəɹ/

名詞

whippersnapper (plural whippersnappers)

1. (colloquial) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience. [from 1670s]

   These whippersnappers have never had to walk far or carry water.

   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 34:

     "Throw me a nine iron Fatman, I want to make sure of getting inside you young whippersnappers."

   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:

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

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