puppy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰɐpi]
puppy (plural puppies)
- A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12-18 months)
- A young rat.
- A young seal.
- (slang, usually, in the plural) A woman’s breast.
- (informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.
- I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home.
- (derogatory, dated) A conceited and impertinent person, especially a young man.
- I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.
- (young dog) dogling, pup, whelp
- (young seal) pup
- (woman’s breast) See also Thesaurus:breast
- French: chiot
- German: Welpe, Hündchen, Hundewelpe, junger Hund, Hundebaby (colloquial)
- Italian: cucciolo, cagnolino, cagnetto
- Portuguese: filhote de cão, cachorro, cachorrinho
- Russian: щено́к
- Spanish: cachorro, perrito
- German: Heuler, Robbenbaby, Robbenjunges, Seehundjunges
puppy (puppies, present participle puppying; past and past participle puppied)
- (transitive) To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups.
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