stripling

strip·ling (str

ng)

An adolescent youth.

[Middle English, possibly from strip, strip; see strip².]

stripling [ˈstrɪplɪŋ]

a lad

[from strip² + -ling¹]

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Noun

stripling - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

adolescent, teen, teenager

juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed

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 rocker, punk - 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

stripling

noun boy, youth, lad, youngster, adolescent, fledgling, shaver (informal), young fellow, hobbledehoy (archaic) a stripling of 20

Translations

stripling [ˈstrɪplɪŋ] N → mozuelo m, joven m imberbe

stripling

n (liter) → Bürschchen nt; (pej also) → Grünschnabel m

stripling [ˈstrɪplɪŋ] n (esp hum) → giovanotto

stripling

n stripling [ˈstripliŋ]

a boy or youth not yet fully grown. jongeling فَتى младеж výrostek knøs das Bürschchen νεαρός, έφηβος chiquillo, zagal nooruk پسر بچه nuorimies adolescent נַעַר नवयुवक momčić, mladac ifjonc, legény pemuda unglingspiltur adolescente 若者 애송이 paauglys pusaudzis pemuda jongeman unggutt, jypling wyrostek rapaz adolescent юнец výrastok fant momčić pojkvasker วัยรุ่น genç delikanlı 年輕人 юнак, підліток لڑکا thanh niên mới lớn 年轻人

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adolescent boy chebab juvenile juvenile person Kid lad mod pachuco punk punk rocker rocker teen teenager young buck young man Youth	1-16) I will tell of Dionysus, the son of glorious Semele, how he appeared on a jutting headland by the shore of the fruitless sea, seeming like a stripling in the first flush of manhood: his rich, dark hair was waving about him, and on his strong shoulders he wore a purple robe. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context She was a brand-new bride, innocent, girlish, happy in herself and her grave and worshiping stripling of a husband; she was about eighteen, just out of school, free from affections, unconscious of that passionless multitude around her; and the very first time she smote that old wreck one recognized that it had met its destiny. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context I have seen a brawny, fellow, with no lack of ordinary courage, fairly quail before this slender stripling, when in one of his curious fits. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context	strip-wash stripe stripe blight striped striped bass striped button quail striped coral root striped dogwood striped drum striped gentian striped hyena striped killifish striped maple striped marlin striped muishond striped mullet striped muscle striped racer striped skunk Striped snake striped squirrel striped violet striper stripes striping stripling stripped stripped pine stripped-down stripper stripper well Strippet Stripping striptease striptease artist stripteaser stripy Strisores strive Strived Striven Striver striving Strix Strix aluco Strix nebulosa Strix occidentalis Strix varia Strizostedion vitreum glaucum Stroam strobe	striped skunks Striped snake striped soil striped squills striped squills striped squills striped squirrel Striped Stem Borer Striped tuna striped violet striped volume Striped Water Poets striped wild cucumber striper striper striper stripers stripes stripes stripes stripes Stripes for Exceptional Performers stripey stripier stripiest striping striping striping Striplight Stripline Ferrite Coupled Line stripling striplings striplings Stripmall Stripmall Stripmine strippable strippable strippable strippable strippable strippable stripped stripped stripped stripped stripped stripped Stripped Arbitrary Separators stripped atom Stripped bond Stripped Bonds stripped chin stripped chin stripped chin Stripped Coupon Stripped Coupon Stripped Coupon Stripped Coupon Stripped Coupons Stripped Coupons

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1-16) I will tell of Dionysus, the son of glorious Semele, how he appeared on a jutting headland by the shore of the fruitless sea, seeming like a stripling in the first flush of manhood: his rich, dark hair was waving about him, and on his strong shoulders he wore a purple robe.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

She was a brand-new bride, innocent, girlish, happy in herself and her grave and worshiping stripling of a husband; she was about eighteen, just out of school, free from affections, unconscious of that passionless multitude around her; and the very first time she smote that old wreck one recognized that it had met its destiny.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

I have seen a brawny, fellow, with no lack of ordinary courage, fairly quail before this slender stripling, when in one of his curious fits.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

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