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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A young offspring of a mammal, such as a dog or wolf.
  • n. A child; a youth.
  • n. An impudent young fellow.
  • n. A tooth of a sprocket wheel.
  • n. Nautical Any of the ridges on the barrel of a windlass or capstan.
  • verb-intransitive. To give birth to whelps or a whelp.
  • v. To give birth to (whelps or a whelp).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. An insolent (impudent, despised) youth, a mere child or youth.
  • n. A kind of ship.
  • n. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
  • n. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket, def. 2; cog, def. 1).
  • v. (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub.
  • n. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
  • n. One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural.
  • n. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
  • verb-intransitive. To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
  • v. To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The young of the dog, wolf, lion, tiger, bear, seal, etc., but especially of the dog; a cub: sometimes applied to the whole canine species, whether young or old.
  • n. A youth; a cub; a puppy: a term of contempt.
  • n. A kind of ship.
  • n. Nautical, one of several longitudinal projections from the barrel of a capstan, windlass, or winch, provided to take the strain of the chain or rope which is being hove upon, and afford a firmer hold.
  • n. One of the teeth of a sprocket-wheel.
  • To bring forth young, as the female of the dog and various beasts of prey.
  • To bring forth, as a bitch, lioness, and many beasts of prey; hence, to give birth to; originate: used in contempt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
  • v. birth
  • Verb Form
    whelped    whelping    whelps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bear    give birth    birth    have    deliver   
    Form
    whelped    whelping   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    puppy    cub    child    youth    pup   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cub    scamp    pup    slut    lout    huzzy    rascal    knave    puppy    carcase