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STRIPLING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does stripling mean?

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

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

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

Dictionary entry details

• STRIPLING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager

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

juvenile; juvenile person (a youthful person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stripling"):

chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)

mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)

pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)

punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)

rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)

young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)

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