Definition of whipper-snapper

whipper-snapper    

noun

• a young person.

  Why, I was using those slang words when you were nothing but a whipper-snapper!

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  Last edited on Jun 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'young person':
youngin'	Definitions include: young person.
rug-rat	Definitions include: child.
wipper-snapper	Definitions include: a young person.
shawty	Definitions include: alternate spelling of shorty.
grommet	Definitions include: a young - typically pre-pubescent - surfer.
JB	Definitions include: acronym for jail bait.
prostitot	Definitions include: an under-aged girl who acts and/or dresses like a prostitute.
tween	Definitions include: a person who is between being a young child and a teenager.
chicken	Definitions include: a coward.
FLK	Definitions include: acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
sweetie	Definitions include: affectionate form of address or reference for one's significant other.
kid	Definitions include: a young person or child.
kiddie	Definitions include: a child.
younger model	Definitions include: a younger romantic interest.
ankle biter	Definitions include: a young child.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'snap':
carrot snapper	Definitions include: a Mormon.
oh snap	Definitions include: oh shoot, oh no. said when one realizes something they forgot.
snap	Definitions include: an exclamation of surprise or disappointment; "damn"; "darn"; "shit".
snap out of it	Definitions include: to transform one's current emotional state.
snapper	Definitions include: A female.
snaps	Definitions include: Money
snaps for the petro	Definitions include: to have gas money.
snaps on the petrol	Definitions include: money for gas
wipper-snapper	Definitions include: a young person.

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