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pup

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pup (noun)
  2. 2) pup (verb)
  3. pup tent (noun)

1pup

noun \ˈpəp\

Definition of PUP

1
: a young dog; also : one of the young of various animals (as a seal or rat)
2
: offset 2a
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Origin of PUP

short for puppy
First Known Use: 1773

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with PUP

cup, dup, hup, scup, sup, tup, up, yup

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