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[ puhp ] / pʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pup ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna young dog; puppy. the young of certain other animals, as the rat or fur seal. a small plant developing as an offshoot from a mature plant. verb (used without object), pupped, pup·ping.Origin of pupFirst recorded in 1580–90; shortened variant of puppy Words nearby pupPunto Fijo, punty, Punxsutawney, puny, PUO, pup, pupa, puparium, pupate, pupfish, pupil Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pupYou can even compare your pup to other similar breeds to offer an understanding of where your dog falls on the activity spectrum. Fitness Gadgets … for Your Dog|Megan Humphreys|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Has your pup suddenly become more lethargic in your absence? Fitness Gadgets … for Your Dog|Megan Humphreys|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Who really owns a dog, if no official paperwork is signed as the pup gets transferred from one person to the next? Dog Fight Over Obie, the Dieting Dachshund|Winston Ross|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Walking their pup Lupo in Kensington Park is an almost daily occurrence when they are in London. William at Thirty|Tom Sykes|June 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Designer Simon Spurr brought along his hulking, 90-pound pup Apollo. Fashion Free for All|The Daily Beast|September 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST With the clumsy nimbleness and innocent love of play of a Newfoundland pup, she flung out her enormous feet in the dance. Aurora the Magnificent|Gertrude Hall Only the pup's heads appeared, a string round the neck keeping them in; “but they looks like dogs too, don't they?” Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration|Ernest Giles It is a very bad plan to let a pup play with a Rat too much, for this causes the pup never to put a hard mouth on the Rat. Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher|Ike Matthews We heard a pup yelp, an' after a while Kaiser Bill come sneakin' back. Tales of lonely trails|Zane Grey But I failed to find on subsequent visits that they had returned the pup. In the Open|Stanton Davis Kirkham
British Dictionary definitions for pup
noun- a young dog, esp when under one year of age; puppy
- the young of various other animals, such as the seal
in pup (of a bitch) pregnant informal, mainly British derogatory a conceited young man (esp in the phrase young pup) sell someone a pup to swindle someone by selling him something worthless the night's a pup Australian slang it's early yet verb pups, pupping or pupped(of dogs, seals, etc) to give birth to (young) Word Origin for pupC18: back formation from puppy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pupbrood, generation, progeny, heir, cub, baby, descendant, kid, boy, juvenile, youth, teenager, student, girl, pupil, mutt, pooch, dog, animal, puppy |