whelp

Plural: whelps

Noun

• young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
• A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
• An insolent youth; a mere child.
• A kind of ship.
• One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
• A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

Verb

Verb Forms: whelped, whelping, whelps

• To give birth to (of an animal, especially a dog or cat).
• birth
  • "the dog whelped"
• To give birth.

Intj

• Alternative form of welp (“well”).

Examples

• After a long struggle, she managed to whelp a seven-letter word onto the board.
• The bitch whelped.
• The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.

Synonyms

pup

Related Words

Guelph

Anagrams of whelp