Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: youngster
IPA transcription: [j'ʌŋstɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small_fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
    Meaning: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
Usage examples
  • "And the fat youngster?"
  • You see, when I was a little youngster, and--"
  • 'Now, major, what do you think of this youngster?
  • "Poor, ignorant devils!" sympathetically sighed the youngster.
  • 'The master wants you to let the youngster come up with me now and speak to him.'
  • "In those days, when a youngster joined a regiment, he was not expected to express himself on military matters until he had some little experience.
  • The youngster had been sent to clean the riding-boots of one of the bachelors, instead of which he had lolled idly on a cot in the dormitory, until he had at last fallen asleep.
  • The effect of his indifference began to extend itself to the other spectators; and a youngster, who was just quitting the condition of a boy to enter the state of manhood, attempted to assist the termagant, by flourishing his tomahawk before their victim, and adding his empty boasts to the taunts of the women.