ˈwhipping-ˌsnapping, a. nonce-wd.
[Fanciful f. whipper-snapper.]
Diminutive, insignificant.
| 1861 Thackeray Round. Papers, Ogres, Though they had seven-leagued boots,..all sorts of little whipping-snapping Tomb [sic] Thumbs used to elude and out-run them. |