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whipster

whipster noun: a scholastic often pedantic person, wise guy.

Noun

whipster (plural whipsters)

  1. (dated, informal) a scholastic often pedantic person, wise guy
    • Every pitifullest whipster that walks within a skin has his head filled with the notion that he is, shall be, or by all human and divine laws ought to be, ‘happy.’ His wishes, the pitifullest whipster’s, are to be fulfilled for him; his days, the pitifullest whipster’s, are to flow on in...1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. IV, Happy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker)
    • A cow-handed whipster. Rides well enough, but not handy with a team.1994, Christmas Ecapade, page 117

Forms of whipster

pluralwhipsters

Origin of whipster

Derived from whip + -ster. Rather from the verb than the noun.

Questions about whipster

What does whipster mean?
Whipster means a scholastic often pedantic person, wise guy.
What part of speech is whipster?
Whipster is a noun.
What is the plural of whipster?
The plural of whipster is whipsters.

Words near whipster in the dictionary

  1. whipstall
  2. whipstalled
  3. whipstalling
  4. whipstalls
  5. whipstaves
  6. whipster
  7. whipsters
  8. whipstick
  9. whipsticks
  10. whipstitch
  11. whipstitched

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