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Definition: Stripling |
StriplingNoun1. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stripling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Stripling \Strip"ling\, noun. [Dim. of strip; as if small strip from the main stock or steam.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A nursery-grown sapling that is stripped of all foliage and branches(save for a few apical leaves), and sometimes root pruned, before planting out. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: StriplingSynonyms: adolescent (n), teenager (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Infant | Child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling; elf. youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master. scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin,codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin; aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Landing Stripling (1962) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Marry with a king, A bachelor, and a handsome stripling too. |
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| "Stripling" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Stripling" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "stripling" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stripling | Last name | 1,000 | 8,787 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blake stripling | 9 |
cox stripling | 6 |
stripling warrior | 4 |
byron stripling | 2 |
stripling | 2 |
carol stripling | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stripling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i ri (adolescent, fledgeling, fledgling, fresh, in mint condition, junior, juvenile, new, novel, original, red-hot, rising, teenager, teener, young, youngling, youthful), djalosh (guy, lad, laddie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غلام مراهق, طفل مراهق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | юноша (adolescent, sapling, youth), младеж (adolescent, juvenile, lad, young man, youngster, younker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 年轻人 (Youngster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výrostek (adolescent, teenager, youngster), mladík (boy, chap, lad, laddie, young man, youngster, youths). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | beskaaret udplantningsplante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | habillage, gringalet, adolescent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bürschchen (laddie, little fellow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθαρισμός προ της φυτεύσεως, έφηβοσ (adolescent, pubescent), νεανίσκοσ (youngster, younker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עלם (lad, sprig, youngster, youth), בחורון (young lad), ער (boy, child, lad, laddie, youngster, youth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | suhanc, ifjonc (youngster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giovanotto (lad, young man, youngster), astone (pole, sett, wand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 豎子 (lad, sprout), 竪子 (greenhorn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅし (greenhorn, lad, resin, rosin, sprout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 백면서생. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scollag (boy, lad, scholar, youngster, youth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iplingstray rapaz (bob, boy, fellow, go-soon, guy, he, house-boy, jockey, lad, laddie, sapling, youngling, youngster), poda de plantação, jovem (boy, house-boy, juvenile, kid, lad, laddie, sapling, tender, young, youngling, youngster, youth, youthful), adolescente (adolescent, flapper, juvenile, sapling, teenager). (various references) tinerel (youngish), tânãr (adolescent, boy, childish, colt, juvenile, kid, lad, male, shaver, young, youngster, youth, youthful), mucos (greenhorn, in short pants, mucous, snotty, unfledged), june (boy, green, young, youngster, youth), flãcãiandru, bãieţandru (youth), adolescent (adolescent, greenhorn, juvenile, teen-ager, teens, youngster, youth), ţingãu (shaver). (various references) юноша (juvenile, lad, shaveling, yonker, youngster). (various references) mladić (bachelor, lad, sapling, youngster). (various references) poda de plantón, mozuelo (young boy), joven imberbe. (various references) yngling (boy, lad, young man, youngling, youth), pojkspoling (whippersnapper, whipster, youngster). (various references) genç adam (youth), delikanlı (a slip of a boy, adolescent, boy, conceited pup, gossoon, juvenescent, killer, lad, laddie, palikar, pup, puppy, sapling, sprig, teen, teenager, teeny, whelp, young man, youngster, youth). (various references) юнак (adolescent, adult, juvenile, lad, shaveling, sprig, yearling, youngling, youngster, younker, youth). (various references) thanh niên mới lớn lên. (various references) llencyn (adolescent, lad), glaslanc (youth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 56 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ait rex interroga tu cuius filius sit iste puer |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the kyng seith, Ask thou, whos sone is this child. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Samuel Chapter 17, Verse 56 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang hari miingon: Pangutana kinsang anak ang batan-on. |
| Croatian | A kralj mu reèe: "Raspitaj se èiji je sin taj mladiæ!" |
| Danish | Da sagde Kongen: "Forhør dig om, hvis Søn denne Yngling er!" |
| Dutch | De koning nu zeide: Vraag gij het, wiens zoon deze jongeling is. |
| Finnish | Niin kuningas sanoi: "Kysele sitten, kenen poika tuo nuori mies on". |
| French | Informe-toi donc de qui ce jeune homme est fils, dit le roi. |
| German | Der König sprach: So frage darnach, wes Sohn der Jüngling sei. |
| Haitian Creole | Wa a di li: -Al chache konnen pitit ki moun li ye. |
| Hungarian | És monda a király: Kérdezd meg tehát, hogy ki fia ez az ifjú? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu perintah Saul, "Pergilah dan tanyakanlah hal itu." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka titah baginda: Pergilah bertanyakan anak siapa gerangan orang muda ini. |
| Italian | Il re soggiunse: «Chiedi tu di chi sia figlio quel giovinetto». |
| Maori | Na ka mea te kingi, Ui atu he tama na wai taua tamaiti. |
| Norwegian | Da sa kongen: Spør efter hvem denne gutt er sønn til. |
| Portuguese | Disse então o rei: Pergunta, pois, de quem ele é filho. |
| Rumanian | ,,Kntreabq dar al cui fiu este tknqrul acesta``, a zis kmpqratul. |
| Spanish | --¡Vive tu alma, oh rey, que no lo sé! El rey dijo: --Pregunta, pues, de quién es hijo ese joven. |
| Swedish | Då sade konungen: "Hör då efter, vems son den unge mannen är." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stripling": striplings. (additional references) | |
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"Stripling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stipling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stripling" (pronounced stri"pling) |
| 4 | -p l i ng | coupling, decoupling, dumpling, grappling, sampling, sapling, trampling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, Sandling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-n-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: spirting, striping, tripling. | |
-2 letters: lisping, listing, nitrils, pilings, prising, silting, sliping, spiling, spiring, spiting, strigil, tilings, tirling. | |
-3 letters: glints, instil, isling, lipins, nitril, piling, pistil, prints, riling, riping, rising, siping, siring, siting, spirit, splint, spring, sprint, string, tiling, tiring. | |
-4 letters: gilts, girls, girns, girts, glint, grins, grips, gript, grist, grits, intis, iring, lings, lints. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-n-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: springtail, striplings. | |
+2 letters: plaistering, resplitting, splintering, springtails. | |
+3 letters: earsplitting, playwritings. | |
+4 letters: hairsplitting, inspiritingly, proselytising, proselytizing, slipstreaming, sprightliness, trampolinings. | |
+5 letters: fieldstripping, hairsplittings, paralinguistic, playwrightings, pregnabilities, presterilizing, spiritualizing. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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