puppy love
puppy love noun: a childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
Noun
puppy love (uncountable)
- A childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
- They're only teenagers; it's hard to take their puppy love seriously.
- How does a little girl in the second grade who was raised upper-middle class begin to explain that she's fallen into undeniable puppy love with her second grade teacher, Mrs. Dawson?1984 December 15, Cindy Rivas, “With a Little Help...”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 12
- Synonyms:
- calf love
puppy love meaning in Tamil and Malay
puppy love in Tamil
- பிள்ளை பருவக் காதல்
puppy love in Malay
- youthful infatuation with another person
- cinta monyet
Synonyms of puppy love
Words formed from puppy love
Questions about puppy love
- What does puppy love mean?
- Puppy love means a childish or youthful infatuation with another person.
- What is puppy love in Tamil?
- Puppy love in Tamil is பிள்ளை பருவக் காதல். See Puppy love meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is puppy love?
- Puppy love is a noun.
Words near puppy love in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: puppy love (page history and authors); puppy love (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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