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JACKANAPES

Dictionary entry overview: What does jackanapes mean?

• JACKANAPES (noun)
The noun JACKANAPES has 1 sense:

1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Familiarity information: JACKANAPES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• JACKANAPES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jackanapes; whippersnapper; lightweight

Hypernyms ("jackanapes" is a kind of...):

cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)

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