pups

Noun

pup (plural pups)

1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat 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.
5. A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
6. A kind of small spotlight.
   • For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]1976, A. Arthur Englander, Paul Petzold, Filming for Television, page 191

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