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pup

[ puhp ]

noun

  1. a young dog; puppy.
  2. the young of certain other animals, as the rat, shark, or fur seal.
  3. a small plant developing as an offshoot from a mature plant.


verb (used without object)

, pupped, pup·ping.
  1. to give birth to pups.

pup

/ pʌp /

noun

    1. a young dog, esp when under one year of age; puppy
    2. the young of various other animals, such as the seal
  1. in pup
    (of a bitch) pregnant
  2. informal.
    a conceited young man (esp in the phrase young pup )
  3. sell someone a pup
    to swindle someone by selling him something worthless
  4. the night's a pup slang.
    it's early yet
“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


verb

  1. (of dogs, seals, etc) to give birth to (young)
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pup1

First recorded in 1580–90; shortened variant of puppy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pup1

C18: back formation from puppy
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Example Sentences

Wolf pups in North CarolinaA captive-breeding program was started in the 1970s with 14 wolves captured from the wild.

Here I decided to take a leap and mention the journalists’ pup in their email.

The pups grew up to become workers within their captors’ society.

By the time the pup emerges from its mother, it’s already quite large and ready to defend itself against predators.

Mynchenberg suggests heading out in the morning or evening to avoid midday heat and traveling less-crowded paths to avoid overstimulating your pup.

To his credit, the well-intentioned pup responds to her cries by burying the kid in toys.

In memory of her late pup, the shock-singer croons a song to giant inflatable replica of him.

You can even compare your pup to other similar breeds to offer an understanding of where your dog falls on the activity spectrum.

Has your pup suddenly become more lethargic in your absence?

Who really owns a dog, if no official paperwork is signed as the pup gets transferred from one person to the next?

Beneath the wagon, invisible at first, trotted a mud-bespattered yellow pup.

But he was such a forlornly muddy mongrel pup, and so eloquent of tail, that I spoke his name on an impulse, and put out my hand.

Peter resentfully deposited the pup on the porch, and took my slipper back upstairs.

He had the door locked, said Flick reflecting, and he tried to throw the lights off—Why, the low-down little pup!

The dirty little mat for the unhealthy-looking pup with the watering eyes that used to be with him—that is gone.

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