Meaning

7 senses

  1. A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).

    Welpe, Hündchen, Hundewelpe

    щено́кščenók, цу́цикcúcik, кутёнокkutjónok

    цуценя́cucenjá, щеня́ščenjá, собача́sobačá

    a young dog

  2. A young rat.

    Rattenjunges

    an inexperienced young person

  3. A young seal.

    Heuler, Robbenbaby, Robbenjunges

  4. A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.

  5. (usually plural, slang)A woman’s breast.

  6. (informal)A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.

    I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home.

  7. (dated, derogatory)A conceited and impertinent person, especially a young man.

Examples

416 sentences

  1. Tom got a puppy for Christmas.

    Тому на Різдво подарували цуценя. — deniko

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  2. I want a puppy for Christmas.

    На Різдво я хочу цуценя. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу на Рождество щенка. — marafon

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  3. I gave a puppy to Tom.

    Я подарував Тому цуценя. — deniko

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  4. Tom's dog is still just a puppy.

    Томів собака й досі лише цуценя. — deniko

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  5. These puppies were born three months ago.

    Ці цуценята народилися три місяці тому. — Ahha

    ruЭти щенки родились три месяца назад. — Wezel

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
young dog:
Русский
By meaning 1
young dog:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
young dog:
young rat:
young seal:

Origin

From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle E

From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle English *puppee, *poupee, from Old French poupée, popée (“a doll; puppet”). More at puppet.

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Forms

plural: puppies
Singularpuppy
Pluralpuppies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
young dog:doglingpupwhelpwhelpie
Close in meaning
  • an inexperienced young person:pup

Word family

45 related words
Derivedbumble puppyforest puppyhush puppyhushpuppymudpuppyorange puppypupkuspuppilypuppyboypuppychinopuppy dogpuppydompuppy fatpuppy footpuppygirlpuppy guardingpuppy hoodpuppyhoodpuppyishpuppyismpuppylesspuppylikepuppy-loveypuppy mill

Collocations

5 patterns
  • a puppy for
  • puppy for christmas
  • bought a puppy
  • want a puppy
  • got a puppy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puppetpuppeteerpurchaseB2pureB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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