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- [strip-ling]
- /ˈstrɪp lɪŋ/
- /ˈstrɪplɪŋ/
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- [strip-ling]
- /ˈstrɪp lɪŋ/
Definitions of stripling word
- noun stripling a youth. 1
- noun stripling young man 1
- countable noun stripling People sometimes refer to a young man as a stripling when they want to indicate in a slightly humorous way that although he is no longer a boy, he is not yet really a man. 0
- noun stripling a lad 0
- noun stripling a grown boy; youth passing into manhood 0
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Origin of stripling
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at strip2, -ling1
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Parts of speech for Stripling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stripling popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
stripling usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stripling
noun stripling
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- boy — A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
- child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- gamin — a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
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