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Definition of pup
1 : a young dog; also : one of the young of various animals (such as a seal or rat)
2 : offset 2a
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The gray pups were also photographed playing in front of the camera.
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Sacramento Kings sign Zach Randolph to a two-year, $24 million contract Grade: C Randolph, like Hill, is a wonderful locker room presence for a team with so many young pups.
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Turns out this is actually a thing sea lions — both pups and adults — do when the weather heats up.
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Monk seal pups usually nurse for about five to seven weeks.
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As the youngest member of the wolfpack, Seth Clearwater was the eager pup of the group.
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Your human guests will want to keep an eye on their pets, so set up the table and chairs with an easy vantage point of the pup run.
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The strategy works, Souto explains, because of the strong parenting instincts of wolves, known to adopt unrelated pups and raise them as their own.
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What are the chances of Nick Saban, the teacher, opening the season against one of his coaching pups and then closing the year against one of them?
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Origin and Etymology of pup
short for puppy
pup
Definition of pup
pupped
;pupping
intransitive verb
: to give birth to pups
Recent Examples of pup from the Web
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The controversial beach in La Jolla known as Children’s Pool has reopened this week after being closed since December for harbor seal pupping season.
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First Known Use of pup
1708
PUP Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of pup for English Language Learners
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: a young dog; also : one of the young of various animals other than dogs
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