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JACKANAPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jackanapes mean? 

JACKANAPES (noun)
  The noun JACKANAPES has 1 sense:

1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuousplay

  Familiarity information: JACKANAPES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JACKANAPES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jackanapes; lightweight; whippersnapper

Hypernyms ("jackanapes" is a kind of...):

cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity (a person of no influence)


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