Meaning

9 senses
  1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.

    The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.

    Welpe

    щено́кščenók

    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

  2. A young, inexperienced person.

    The new teacher is a mere pup.

    щено́кščenók

    an inexperienced young person

  3. Any cute dog, regardless of age.

    My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!

  4. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.

  5. A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.

  6. A kind of small spotlight.

  7. (US)An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.

  8. (slang)Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog).

  9. A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. They sold us a pup.

    Вони продали нам цуценя.

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  2. The pup snapped at my hand.

    deDer junge Hund schnappte nach meiner Hand.

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  3. An otter's offspring are called pups.

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  4. We were given a wolf pup.

    deMan schenkte uns einen jungen Wolf.

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  5. Sami's dog gave birth to a litter of pups.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
young dog, etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
young dog, etc.:

Origin

Clipping of puppy.

Clipping of puppy.

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Forms

plural: pups
Singularpup
Pluralpups

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf:whelp
  • an inexperienced young person:puppy

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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