pup

See also: púp and PUP

Contents

English

Etymology

From a shortening of puppy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌp/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌp

Noun

pup (plural pups)

1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, 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.

Translations

young dog, etc.

• Bulgarian: кученце (bg) n (kúčence)
• French: chiot (fr) m
• Khmer: កូនឆ្កែ (kounchkae)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: valp (no) m; (seal:) selunge m

  Nynorsk: kvalp m, kvelp m; selunge m

• Portuguese: filhote (pt) m
• Romanian: cățel (ro) m, cățeluș (ro) m
• Russian: щено́к (ru) m (ščenók)
• Telugu: కుక్కపిల్ల (te) (kukkapilla)

young, inexperienced person

• Bulgarian: младок (bg) m (mladók)
• Romanian: novice (ro) m, f

• Russian: щено́к (ru) m (ščenók)

cute dog

• Bulgarian: кученце (bg) n (kúčence)
• Hungarian: kutyus (hu)

• Romanian: cățeluș (ro) m

short semi-trailer

Verb

pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)

1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

Translations

to give birth to pups

• Bulgarian: окучвам (okúčvam), окуча (okúča)
• German: werfen (de), jungen (de)

• Polish: szczenić się (pl)
• Russian: щениться (ru) (ščenitʹsja)

See also

• puppy
• pup tent
• sell someone a pup

Anagrams

• Upp

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Noun

pup

1. broom

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûp/

Noun

pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)

1. bud, burgeon

Declension

Declension of pup

	singular	plural
nominative	pȕp	pùpovi
genitive	pupa	pupova
dative	pupu	pupovima
accusative	pup	pupove
vocative	pupe	pupovi
locative	pupu	pupovima
instrumental	pupom	pupovima

References

• “pup”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2018

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Volapük

Noun

pup

1. doll, puppet