pup

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see also: PUP

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʌp/

Noun

pup (plural pups)

1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals.

   The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.

2. A young, inexperienced person.

   The new teacher is a mere pup.

3. Any cute dog, regardless of age.

   My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!

4. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.

Translations

• French: chiot
• Portuguese: filhote
• Russian: щено́к

Translations

• Russian: щено́к

Verb

pup (pups, present participle pupping; past and past participle pupped)

1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

Translations

• German: werfen, jungen
• Russian: щениться

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PUP

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Noun

pup (plural pups)

1. (computing) Acronym of potentially unwanted program: software that most computer users do not want on their computers, such as adware.
2. (insurance) Paid up
3. (protein) Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein

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