'Jackanapes' definitions:
Definition of 'jackanapes'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous [syn: whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight]
Definition of 'Jackanapes'
From: GCIDE
- Jackanapes \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.] [Written also jackanape.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. [1913 Webster]
- A young upstart jackanapes. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] Jackaroo