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WHELP
pup, whelp
(noun) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
whelp, pup
(verb) give birth to (a puppy); “the dog whelped”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
whelp (plural whelps)
A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
(derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
(obsolete) A kind of ship.
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
Etymology 2
Verb
whelp (third-person singular simple present whelps, present participle whelping, simple past and past participle whelped)
(ambitransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
Etymology 3
Interjection
whelp
Alternative form of welp (“well”)
Source: Wiktionary
Whelp, n. Etym: [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf, Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. "A bear robbed of her whelps." 2 Sam. xvii. 8.
2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt. That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. Addison.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
Whelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.]
Definition: To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
Whelp, v. t.
Definition: To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to. Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have loved a thing better. B. Jonson. Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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