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pup

[puhp] / pʌp /




NOUN
puppy
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NOUN
whelp
Synonyms




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When Diana Tupiza and Andres Alquinga decided to get married, they selected a rather unusual witness for the civil wedding ceremony: Luna, their Pekingese pup who stamped her paw print on the marriage certificate.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

But what if that pup was chasing after a Minion holding sausages?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Even if you stay two nights in hotels, the cost of driving with your pup will be lower.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Clover, who is of above-average intelligence and can—not to boast—twirl, kiss, cuddle, speak, “inside speak,” and perform most of the standard pup party tricks, struggled with it even after a week of dedicated training.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

Lisbeth and Little Arliss had gone off to the creek below the spring to play with the pup and to fish for catfish.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

When temperatures rise, the females abandon their pups to hunt for food, he explained.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

But I do cherish thoughts of snorkeling with playful sea lion pups.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Bird flu has killed thousands of southern elephant seal pups on remote Antarctic islands belonging to Australia, new research has shown.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

When I visited Simba Safari in early January, Miguel was a new dad: Three pups were born in December, and a second of his three girlfriends was pregnant.

From Slate May 27, 2026

Clutching the cooking pot to her breast, Miyax excitedly waited to see her bring back meat for the pups.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

But they've beat me plumb out—same as if I was some sucker who ain't never roped an' branded a three-year-old steer since I was pupped.

From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum

Let's see; how long have I been a-wearin' of that shirt; oh, I remember, I bought it jist two days afore Five Bob was pupped.

From While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson

A thought struck me: one of the many curs, which range wild throughout Tehran, had just pupped under a ruined archway, close to our house.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Morier

Some dogs are pupped in this condition; others are only affected in this way when age has far advanced.

From The Dog by Dinks

John Lang, Esq., deputy-sheriff of Selkirk, had a female cur big with pups, which on one occasion, when out in the fields attending the cattle, was taken in travail, and pupped on the moor.

From Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse

The sea lion breeding and pupping season is fast approaching at main rookeries such as the Channel Islands, according to Giancarlo Rulli, associate director of public relations for the Marine Mammal Center.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

"Although all of the cownose rays in Bermuda to date are females, we also observed small, immature rays suggesting pupping may have recently occurred here," said Ajemian.

From Science Daily May 20, 2024

This month the seals will begin another pupping season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

From National Geographic Jan. 23, 2024

The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 made it safe for the seals to return from Canadian waters, but they didn’t establish pupping colonies until the early 1990s.

From Scientific American Jul. 2, 2023

Patience enjoined, 568. required at a pupping, 376.

From The Dog by Dinks




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