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stripling

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strip·ling  (strplng)
n.
An adolescent youth.

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

stripling [ˈstrɪplɪŋ]
n
a lad
[from strip2 + -ling1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.striplingstripling - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
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] Nmozuelo m, joven m imberbe

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

stripling [ˈstrɪplɪŋ] n (esp hum) → giovanotto
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


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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.
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.
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.
 
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