What is "pup" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does pup mean in English? Meaning of pup definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "pup" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "pup": young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

Noun

  • Meaning: young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  • Synonyms: pup whelp
  • Hyponyms: puppy
  • Hypernyms: young mammal
  • Meaning of "pup": birth

    Verb

  • Meaning: birth
  • Example: the dog whelped
  • Synonyms: pup whelp
  • Hypernyms: bear birth deliver give birth have
  • Meaning of "pup": an inexperienced young person

    Noun

  • Meaning: an inexperienced young person
  • Synonyms: pup puppy
  • Hypernyms: spring chicken young person younker youth
  • Synonyms:

    puppy, cur, stray, tyke, bitch, mutt, hound, mongrel, doggy, pooch, bowwow, fido, flea bag, tail-wagger, mans best friend, brood, generation, progeny, heir, cub, baby, descendant, kid, spawn, lineage, scion, family, bambino, young, produce, posterity, heredity, seed, succession, offshoot, issue, successor, chip off old block, progeniture, ragamuffin, brat, punk, waif, imp, cub, juvenile delinquent, gamin, dickens, puppy, cub, dog, mutt, cur, wolf, chow, hound, pooch, dingo, fox, hyena, coyote, lobo, boy, chick, cub, fledgling, girl, junior, juvenile, juvenile delinquent, kid, lad, lass, pupil, student, teenager, young person, boy, juvenile, youth, teenager, student, girl, pupil, kid, puppy, moppet, urchin, lad, punk, sapling, lass, cub, fledgling, chick, squirt, junior, juvenile delinquent, young adult, sonny, shaver, little guy, little kid, small fry, snotnose kid, teenybopper, young person, dog, animal, dandy, coxcomb, whelp, fop, canine,

    Antonyms:

    adult, source, parent, cause, origin, adult, adult, professor, teacher, elder,

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