pup

Plural: pups

Noun

• young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
• an inexperienced young person
• A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
• A young, inexperienced person.
• Any cute dog, regardless of age.
• A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
• A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
• A kind of small spotlight.
• An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
• Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog).
• A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.

Verb

Verb Forms: pupped, pupping, pups

• To give birth to puppies.
• birth
• To give birth to pups.

Examples

• After several turns, the board seemed to pup new scoring opportunities.
• My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
• The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.
• The new teacher is a mere pup.

Synonyms

puppy, whelp

Related Words

pup tent, puppy, sell someone a pup

Anagrams of pup