pups (noun)

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• pup — noun 1》 a young dog. 2》 a young wolf, seal, rat, or other mammal. 3》 dated a cheeky or arrogant boy or young man. verb (pups, pupping, pupped) give birth to a pup or pups. Phrases sell someone a pup Brit. informal swindle someone by selling them… …   English new terms dictionary

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• cub — noun 1) a lioness and her cubs Syn: (cubs) young, offspring, pups; archaic whelps 2) don t waste our top writer s time with a routine story give it to one of the cubs a cub reporter Syn: trainee, apprentice, probationer …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• pup — 1 noun (C) 1 a young dog; a puppy: a spaniel pup 2 a young seal 1 (1) or otter: seal pups 3 old fashioned an insulting word for a young man who is rude or too confident: Don t you threaten me, you young pup! 4 be sold a pup BrE old fashioned to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• pup — I. noun Etymology: short for puppy Date: 1773 1. a young dog; also one of the young of various animals (as a seal or rat) 2. offset 2a II. intransitive verb (pupped; pupping) Date: 1787 to give bi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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