pup (redirected from pups)

pup  (pp)

n.

1.

a. A young dog; a puppy.

b. The young of various other canine animals, such as the wolf or fox.

c. The young of certain other animals, such as the seal.

2. An inexperienced or conceited young person: a mere pup trying his first case in court.

intr.v. pupped, pup·ping, pups

To give birth to pups.

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[Short for puppy.]

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pup [pʌp]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)

a.  a young dog, esp when under one year of age; puppy

b.  the young of various other animals, such as the seal

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)

in pup (of a bitch) pregnant

3. Informal chiefly Brit contemptuous a conceited young man (esp in the phrase young pup)

(Business / Commerce)

sell (someone) a pup to swindle (someone) by selling him something worthless

the night's a pup Austral slang it's early yet

vb pups, pupping, pupped

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of dogs, seals, etc.) to give birth to (young)

[back formation from puppy]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pup - young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf whelp young mammal - any immature mammal puppy - a young dog
	2.	pup - an inexperienced young person puppy spring chicken, young person, younker, youth - a young person (especially a young man or boy)
Verb	1.	pup - birth; "the dog whelped"             whelp birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

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pup puppy

noun whippersnapper, braggart, whelp, jackanapes, popinjay You insolent young pup!

Related words
collective noun litter

Translations

pup [pʌp]

A. N (= young) [of dog] → cachorro/a m/f; [of other animal] → cría f
seal pup → cría f de foca
to sell sb a pup → dar a algn gato por liebre

B. VI [bitch] → parir

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pup [ˈpʌp] n

(= young dog) → chiot m
spaniel pup → chiot épagneul

(young of other animals) [seal] → chiot m
a seal pup → un bébé phoque
a seal and her pups → une phoque et ses petits
an otter and her pups → une loutre et ses petits

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pup

n

→ Junge(s) nt; in pup (bitch) → trächtig; she’s still a pup → sie ist noch jung or klein; to be sold a pup (fig inf) → übers Ohr gehauen werden (inf)

(pej, = youth) = puppy b

vi → werfen

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pup [pʌp] n (dog) → cagnolino/a, cucciolo/a; (seal) → cucciolo/a

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pup

n pup [pap]

1 (alsopuppyˈpapi – pluralˈpuppies) a young dog a sheepdog pup(py). welpie جَرْو، كَلْب صَغير кутре štěně hundehvalp; -hvalp der Welpe κουτάβι cachorro kutsikas توله سگ pentu chiot כְּלבלַב पिल्ला kölyökkutya anak anjing hvolpur cucciolo 子犬 강아지 šuniukas kucēns anak anjing jong hondje (hunde)valp szczenię cachorro căţel(uş) щенок šteňa kužek štene hundvalp ลูกสุนัข köpek yavrusu, enik 小狗 щеня, цуценя کتے کا پلا chó con 小狗

2 the young of certain other animals a seal pup. welpie جَرْو أو صَغير بَعْض الحيوانات младо животно mládě unge; -unge der...-welpe το μικρό ορισμένων ζώων cría -poeg توله؛ بچه pentu jeune (animal) גוּר पिल्ला, कुत्ते का बच्चा bébi, kölyök anak binatang ungviði cucciolo 動物の子 (어떤 동물들의) 새끼 jauniklis (dzīvnieka) mazulis anak jong valp młode filhote pui детёныш mláďa mladič mladunče valp, unge ลูกสัตว์บางชนิด yavru... 幼獸 тюленя; вовченя کچھ جانوروں کے بچے con con 幼兽