puppy
UK/ˈpʌpi/
puppy noun: a young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).
Noun
puppy (plural puppies)
- A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).
- A young rat.
- A young seal.
- Synonyms:
- pup
- A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.
- A woman’s breast.
- Unclasp your bra and set those puppies free.2007, Rodney Carrington, Show Them To Me (from the album King of the Mountains)
- 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.
- 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.1711 July 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, July 13, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 106; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...
- I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 218–221
Verb
puppy (third-person singular simple present puppies, present participle puppying, simple past and past participle puppied)
- To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups.
puppy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
puppy in Hindi
- young dog
- पिल्ला pillā
puppy in Tamil
- young dog
- நாய்க்குட்டி nāykkuṭṭi
puppy in Marathi
- कुत्र्याचा पिल्लू
puppy in Urdu
- پلا
More languagesFewer languages
- puppy in Bengali
- কুত্তার বাচ্চা kuttar bacca, কুকুরছানা kukurchana
- puppy in Telugu
- కుక్కపిల్ల kukkapilla
- puppy in Malayalam
- നായ് കുഞ്ഞ്, ശൂനകപോതം, ഡംഭി
- puppy in Kannada
- ಎಳನಾಯ್, ಎಳನಾಯಿ, ನಾಯಿಮರಿ, ನಾಯಿ ಕುನ್ನಿ
- puppy in Punjabi
- کَتُورا, ਕਤੂਰਾ katūrā
- puppy in Gujarati
- ગલૂડિયું galūḍiyũ, કુરકુરિયું kurkuriyũ
- puppy in Nepali
- पिल्ला
- puppy in Pashto
- کونګرى kúngray
- puppy in Tagalog
- tuta, bilot
- puppy in Arabic
- جَرْو jarw
- puppy in Malay
- anak anjing, anak asu, kirik
- puppy in Indonesian
- anak anjing, anak anjing laut
- puppy in Persian
- توله سگ tule sag
- puppy in Thai
- ลูกหมา lûuk-mǎa
- puppy in Vietnamese
- chó con, cún, cún con
- puppy in Myanmar
- ခွေးကလေး hkwe:ka.le:
Examples of puppy in a sentence
- He treated the oxen like they didn't exist, but he treated the goat kid like a puppy.
- Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
- The runt of the litter is the smallest or weakest of a group of puppies born together.
Synonyms of puppy
Forms of puppy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | puppies |
| alternative form (obsolete) | puppie |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | puppies |
| present participle | puppying |
| past participle | puppied |
| past | puppied |
Origin of puppy
From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle English *puppee, *poupee, from Old French poupée, popée (“a doll; puppet”). More at puppet. Mostly displaced native Middle English whelp (“puppy”), from Old English hwelp, whence Modern English whelp and whelpie.
Words formed from puppy
- bumble puppy
- common mudpuppy
- common mud puppy
- dog puppy
- forest puppy
- Hush Puppies
- hush puppy
- hushpuppy
- mudpuppy
- mud puppy
- orange puppy
- porta-puppy
- pupkus
- puppihood
- puppily
- puppyboy
- puppychino
- puppy dog
- puppy-dog eyes
- puppy dog eyes
- puppy eyes
- puppydom
- puppy-eyed
- puppy fat
- puppyfication
- puppy foot
- puppygirl
- puppy guarding
- puppy hood
- puppyhood
- puppyish
- puppyism
- puppyless
- puppylike
- puppy love
- puppy-lovey
- puppy mill
- puppy milling
- puppy pad
- puppy pile
- puppy pregnancy syndrome
- puppy school
- puppyship
- puppysit
- puppysitter
- puppytooth
- puppy water
- purse puppy
- sand puppy
- sea puppy
- sick puppy
- sky puppy
- slush puppy
- stress puppy
- stud puppy
- swamp puppy
- sweater puppies
- teacup puppy
- underpuppy
- watchpuppy
Phrases with puppy
Words that rhyme with puppy
Questions about puppy
- What does puppy mean?
- Puppy means a young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).
- What is puppy in Hindi?
- Puppy in Hindi is पिल्ला (pillā). See Puppy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is puppy?
- Puppy can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce puppy?
- Puppy is pronounced /ˈpʌpi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puppy?
- The plural of puppy is puppies.
Words near puppy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: puppy (page history and authors); puppy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); puppy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puppy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puppy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puppy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); کونګرى (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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