Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A young dog; a puppy.
- n. The young of various other canine animals, such as the wolf or fox.
- n. The young of certain other animals, such as the seal.
- n. An inexperienced or conceited young person: a mere pup trying his first case in court.
- v. To give birth to pups.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as puppy, 2.
- To bring forth pups, as a bitch; whelp, as a carnivorous quadruped.
- n. A local term current among the Klondike gold-miners for tributary streamlets of the second order.
Wiktionary
- n. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, shark and some other animals.
- n. A young, inexperienced person.
- n. Any dog that one believes is cute, regardless of age.
- n. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
- v. To give birth to pups.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A young dog; a puppy.
- n. a young seal.
- v. To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an inexperienced young person
- n. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
- v. birth.
Etymologies
- Short for puppy.
Examples
“Will," said the old man, stopping to say _pup, pup, pup, pup, pup, pup_, as he emitted half a dozen tiny puffs of smoke, waving his pipe stem the while; "mind what your aunt says and you'll never repent.”
“Whether you own a Dalmatian or a Doberman, if your pup is the neighborhood fire hydrant inspector, this is the costume for them!”
“It's also invaluable to determining whether your pup is a product of a puppy mill.”
The Huffington Post: Wendy Diamond: Does Your Pup Have His "Pet Papers"? The Truth About Puppy Mills
“Esperanza's photo of the Xolo pup, is sporting a lot of hair.”
“Tell guests (especially kids) that they can pet your pup one at a time (only if your pup is super friendly and doesn't have a history of aggression though).”
The Huffington Post: Brianne DiSylvester: How To Keep Your Dog Safe and Happy This Halloween
“Take your time and progress forward when your pup is ready.”
“Yes | No | Report from muskiemaster wrote 37 weeks 4 days ago my little chocolate pup is also a house dog that other than some incidents where like yesterday where she chewed some toilet paper to shreds.”
“I just had to let you know how lucky the pup is going to be because the pup is coming to a good home with a spacious fence yard and tender care of family of two kids and Pet Lover ..”
“The pair also become parents to a talented mutt (Daisy, best known as the family pup from the Blondie movies) who becomes a canine movie star.”
“Just make sure you have the time, because this little pup is going to depend on you completely for everything in its life.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pup’.
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animals (1 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 1 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious) are welcome!You can ...
dog, cat, bear, bee, ass, ape, horse, squid, bug, hare, hawk, pig and 137 more...
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Words with a P in them
opalescent, apposite, kelp, culprit, corporeal, copper, impinge, impose, impetus, impassible, oppress, maple and 40 more...
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Two for the price of one
Words that call to mind two different organisms: e.g., roach the insect and the fish; crow like a rooster. Words such as bullfrog where only part of the word refers to the second organism are exclu...
roach, crow, buck, monkey puzzle, pup, grunt, calf, crab, hens and chicks, loggerhead, tom, man-of-war and 8 more...
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