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pup
(pŭp)n.
1.
a. A young dog; a puppy.
b. One of the young of certain other animals, such as wolves, coyotes, rats, seals, or sharks.
2. An inexperienced or conceited young person:a mere pup trying his first case in court.
intr.v.pupped,pup·ping,pups
To give birth to pups.
[Short forpuppy.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
pup
(pʌp)n
1. (Zoology)
a.a young dog, esp when under one year of age; puppy
b.the young of various other animals, such as the seal
2. (Zoology)in pup(of a bitch) pregnant
3.informalchieflyderogatoryBrit a conceited young man (esp in the phraseyoung pup)
4. (Commerce)sell someone a pupto swindle someone by selling him something worthless
5.the night's a pupslangAustral it's early yet
vb,pups,puppingorpupped
(Zoology) (of dogs, seals, etc) to give birth to (young)
[C18: back formation from puppy]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
pup
(pʌp)n.,v.pupped, pup•ping.n.
1. a young dog; puppy.
2. the young of certain other animals, as the rat or fur seal.
v.i. 3. to give birth to pups.
[1580–90; shortening ofpuppy]
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pup
Past participle:pupped
Gerund:pupping
Imperative |
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pup |
pup |
Present |
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I pup |
you pup |
he/she/it pups |
we pup |
you pup |
they pup |
Preterite |
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I pupped |
you pupped |
he/she/it pupped |
we pupped |
you pupped |
they pupped |
Present Continuous |
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I am pupping |
you are pupping |
he/she/it is pupping |
we are pupping |
you are pupping |
they are pupping |
Present Perfect |
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I have pupped |
you have pupped |
he/she/it has pupped |
we have pupped |
you have pupped |
they have pupped |
Past Continuous |
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I was pupping |
you were pupping |
he/she/it was pupping |
we were pupping |
you were pupping |
they were pupping |
Past Perfect |
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I had pupped |
you had pupped |
he/she/it had pupped |
we had pupped |
you had pupped |
they had pupped |
Future |
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I will pup |
you will pup |
he/she/it will pup |
we will pup |
you will pup |
they will pup |
Future Perfect |
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I will have pupped |
you will have pupped |
he/she/it will have pupped |
we will have pupped |
you will have pupped |
they will have pupped |
Future Continuous |
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I will be pupping |
you will be pupping |
he/she/it will be pupping |
we will be pupping |
you will be pupping |
they will be pupping |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been pupping |
you have been pupping |
he/she/it has been pupping |
we have been pupping |
you have been pupping |
they have been pupping |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been pupping |
you will have been pupping |
he/she/it will have been pupping |
we will have been pupping |
you will have been pupping |
they will have been pupping |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been pupping |
you had been pupping |
he/she/it had been pupping |
we had been pupping |
you had been pupping |
they had been pupping |
Conditional |
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I would pup |
you would pup |
he/she/it would pup |
we would pup |
you would pup |
they would pup |
Past Conditional |
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I would have pupped |
you would have pupped |
he/she/it would have pupped |
we would have pupped |
you would have pupped |
they would have pupped |
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Noun | 1. | ![]() young mammal - any immature mammal puppy - a young dog |
2. | pup - an inexperienced young person | |
Verb | 1. | ![]() |
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pup
puppynounwhippersnapper,braggart,whelp,jackanapes,popinjayYou insolent young pup!
Related words
collective nounlitter
collective nounlitter
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
pup
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
جَرْو أو صَغير بَعْض الحيواناتجَرْو، كَلْب صَغير
mláděštěně
=-hvalphundehvalpunge
bébikölyökkutya
hvolpurungviîi
šuniukas
kucēnsmazulis
šteňa
pup
[pʌp]A.N (=young) [of dog] →cachorro/am/f; [of other animal] →críaf
seal pup →críaf defoca
to sell sb a pup →dar a algngato porliebre
seal pup →críaf defoca
to sell sb a pup →dar a algngato porliebre
B.VI [bitch] →parir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pup
[ˈpʌp]nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pup
n
→Junge(s)nt;inpup(bitch) →trächtig;she’s still apup →sie ist nochjungorklein;to be sold apup(fig inf) →übersOhrgehauenwerden(inf)
(pej,= youth)=puppyb
vi →werfen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pup
[pʌp]n (dog) →cagnolino/a, cucciolo/a; (seal) →cucciolo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pup
(pap) noun1. (alsopuppy (ˈpapi) –pluralˈpuppies) a young dog.a sheepdog pup(py). welpie جَرْو، كَلْب صَغير кутре cachorro štěně der Welpe hundehvalp; -hvalpκουτάβιcachorro kutsikas توله سگ pentuchiotכלבלב पिल्ला kölyökkutya anak anjing hvolpurcucciolo 子犬 강아지 šuniukas kucēns anak anjing jong hondjevalp szczenię سپى cachorro căţel(uş)щенок šteňa kužek štene hundvalp ลูกสุนัข köpek yavrusu,enik 幼犬 щеня, цуценя کتے کا پلا chó con小狗
2. the young of certain other animals.a seal pup. welpie جَرْو أو صَغير بَعْض الحيوانات младо животно filhote mládě der ...-welpe unge; -unge το μικρό ορισμένων ζώωνcría -poeg توله؛ بچه pentujeuneגור पिल्ला, कुत्ते का बच्चा bébi, kölyök anak binatang ungviðicucciolo 動物の子 (어떤 동물들의) 새끼 jauniklis (dzīvnieka) mazulis anakjongvalpmłode كوچنى حيوانfilhote puiдетёныш mláďa mladič mladunče valp, unge ลูกสัตว์บางชนิด yavru ... 幼獸 тюленя; вовченя کچھ جانوروں کے بچے con con幼兽
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I was born a yellowpup; date, locality, pedigree and weight unknown.
I know of a lady who asked one of these figure schemers whether her little lap-dog would be inpup and would breed, and how many and of what colour the littlepups would be.
He was doing it now, vociferating, bellowing, waving his arms, and cursing like a fiend, and all because of a disagreement with another hunter as to whether a sealpup knew instinctively how to swim.
Buy apup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie-- Perfect passion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
"I can chew up any such milksoppypup as that, and I will."
Thepup is not apt to complain of the harmless game.
Finally, when the cabman, all top-heavy and bristling, had staggered off up the garden path, there emerged in a very leisurely way from the cab a big, powerfully built young man, with a bullpup under one arm and a pink sporting paper in his hand.
"Tryin' to give us the slip, was ye, youpup! Tired of our company, hey?"
"Set down, youpup! Does you think you kin skyer me?
You'll let me bring my Aaron one o' these days, and he'll show her his little cart as his father's made for him, and the black-and-whitepup as he's got a-rearing."
Never did I think to live to hear such talk from a long-leggedpup. On to the cattle kraal, to the cattle kraal, People of the Axe, that I may hew this braggart's head from his shoulders.
Bonanza Creek he found staked from mouth to source, while every little draw andpup and gulch that drained into it was like-wise staked.
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