PUP

pup, whelp

(noun) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

puppy, pup

(noun) an inexperienced young person

whelp, pup

(verb) give birth to (a puppy); “the dog whelped”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pup (plural pups)

A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals.

A young, inexperienced person.

Any cute dog, regardless of age.

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

Verb

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

(intransitive) To give birth to pups.

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Noun

PUP (plural PUPs)

(computing) Acronym of potentially unwanted program: software that most computer users do not want on their computers, such as adware.

(insurance) Paid up

(protein) Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein

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• Upp

Source: Wiktionary


Pup, n. Etym: [See Puppy.] (Zoöl.) (a) A young dog; a puppy. (b) a young seal.

Pup, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pupping.]

Definition: To bring forth whelps or young, as the female of the canine species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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