hobbledehoy

noun

Definition of hobbledehoynext
as in urchin

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  1. urchin
  2. whippersnapper
  3. guttersnipe
  4. gamin
  5. adolescent
  6. moppet
  7. juvenile
  8. youngster
Noun
  • After cutting open another half dozen, my hands were stained red, urchin spines were embedded in my skin and my mouth was dancing.
    Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Correspondent Maura Barrett helps researchers place adult-sized urchins in a reef.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of urchin
Noun
  • And don’t worry, that handsome whippersnapper Jesse Palmer will be there to lend a sympathetic ear along the way.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
  • And winning against all these young whippersnappers still has this clock in shock.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 May 2024
Definition of whippersnapper
Noun
  • Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.
    Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
Definition of guttersnipe
Noun
  • The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut.
    Ben Brantley, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Liliane Montevecchi, a glittering French gamin who became a cabaret star in Paris, a pal of Marlon Brando’s in Hollywood, and the Tony Award-winning ‘‘muse’’ of director Tommy Tune on Broadway, died June 29 at her home in Manhattan.
    Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2018
Definition of gamin
Noun
  • Children and adolescents are not miniature adults, and not all young people will adapt to a strength training program the same way.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • There was a 5-6% increase in marijuana use initiation among adolescents and young adults aged 12-20.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of adolescent
Noun
  • So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
Definition of moppet
Noun
  • So far this year, 37 juveniles have been shot in Cincinnati, according to police data.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Responding officers found several victims before soon arresting a juvenile at the scene, per police.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • The young girl had raised the goat for the 2022 fair, as part of a program intended to teach youngsters how to care for farm animals.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There needs to be a desire and thought process to make these kinds of films, so that there will be opportunities for these youngsters.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of youngster
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