stripling
pronunciation
How to pronounce stripling in British English:
UK [ˈstrɪplɪŋ]
How to pronounce stripling in American English:
US [ ˈstrɪplɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Word Origin
- stripling (n.)
- "a youth," late 14c., of uncertain origin, possibly from strip (n.1) "long, narrow piece," on the notion of "one who is slender as a strip, whose figure is not yet filled out" + -ling.
Example
- 1. Compared with ibm , microsoft is a mere stripling .
- 2. The other potential giant , india , is still a relative stripling .
- 3. Not a chance this stripling bears up .
- 4. Kjv and the king said , enquire thou whose son the stripling is .
- 5. On wednesday , it was a sampler . She says the stripling 's fun .