pup
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a shortening of puppy.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pup (plural pups)
- 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.
- A young, inexperienced person.
- The new teacher is a mere pup.
- Any cute dog, regardless of age.
- My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
- A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
- (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
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VerbEdit
pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)
- (intransitive) To give birth to pups.
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AnagramsEdit
AmanabEdit
NounEdit
pup
AromanianEdit
NounEdit
pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)
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RomanianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Regressively derived from the verb pupa.
NounEdit
pup m (plural pupi)
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Etymology 2Edit
Uncertain; possibly an expressive formation (variant of pop; cf. also coc), or a substratum term (compare Albanian pupë (“bud”)), or less likely linked to (Vulgar) Latin puppa (“teat, nipple”). More likely ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (compare Serbo-Croatian pup (“bud”)) or Hungarian pup, although this would only explain one of the senses.
NounEdit
pup m (plural pupi)
(regional, uncommon)
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “pup” in Hrvatski jezični portal
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
pup