whippersnapper
/ˈwɪpərˌsnæpər/
noun
- A young person who is considered too confident, disrespectful, or inexperienced, especially by an older person.
- Some whippersnapper in a sports car cut me off on the highway this morning.
- My grandfather grumbles about 'whippersnappers' who don't know how to write in cursive.
- The old man called the new intern a whippersnapper for questioning his methods.
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