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View synonyms for puppy love

puppy love

noun

  1. temporary infatuation of a boy or girl for another person.


puppy love

noun

  1. another term for calf love
“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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Idioms and Phrases

Also, calf love . Adolescent love or infatuation, especially one that is not expected to last, as in Beth is besotted with him, but we think it's just puppy love , or He's got a bad case of calf love . [First half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

They sang about puppy love and heartbreak through the eyes of an innocent.

This passage works best if, while you're reading it, you listen to Donny Osmond sing "Puppy Love."

They're all alike; they can't understand having a straight friendship for a girl without it's being a puppy-love.

I'm a man grown beyond the puppy-love stage, my dear—and the McKayes are not an impulsive race.

Now, I suppose you're in love—puppy love—with that little thing.

He and Helen had a puppy-love affair—they were engaged before Lane went to war.

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