pup
/pʌp/
noun
- A young dog; a puppy.
- The mother dog licked her newborn pup clean.
- We adopted a golden retriever pup from the shelter.
- The children giggled as the pup chased its tail.
- The young of certain other animals, such as seals, wolves, or foxes.
- A seal pup rested on the ice beside its mother.
- The zookeeper fed the fox pup a bottle of milk.
- The wolf pups played outside the den while the adults hunted.
Antonyms
verb
- To give birth to pups.
- The seal pupped on the same beach every year.
- Our female wolf at the sanctuary pupped a litter of five last spring.
- The rescue dog is expected to pup any day now.