stripling

/หˆstษนษชplษชล‹/

IPA: /S T R IH1 P L IH0 NG/

noun
  1. 1

    (sometimes humorous) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .

  2. 2

    A seedling with most of the leaves stripped off.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stripling