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Webster 1913 Edition


Pup

Pup

,
Noun.
[See
Puppy
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A young dog; a puppy.
(b)
a young seal.

Pup

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pupped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pupping
.]
To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pup

PUP

,
Verb.
I.
[This word appears to be radically the same as the L. pupa, Eng. babe.] To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

PUP

,
Noun.
A puppy.

Definition 2024


pup

pup

See also: púp

English

Noun

pup (plural pups)

  1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, shark and some other animals.
    The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.
  2. A young, inexperienced person.
    The new teacher is a mere pup.
  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.

Translations

Verb

pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)

  1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

Translations

See also


Amanab

Noun

pup

  1. broom

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pûp/

Noun

pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)

  1. bud, burgeon

Declension

References

  • pup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük

Noun

pup

  1. doll, puppet