plural puppies
1
: a young domestic dog
specifically
: one less than a year old
2
: baby sense 4
a computer that is one fast puppy
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Our dog just had four puppies.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 3 Feb. 2026
In Buffalo, watch Terry Pegula insert those puppies — socks, loafers, everything — into his mouth.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Noem, of course, admitted in her memoir to shooting and killing a puppy of hers for misbehaving.
—William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Kartier later picks the puppy up by the nape of his neck and carries him out of the room.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for puppy
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppy. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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puppy
noun
pup·py
ˈpəp-ē 
plural puppies
: a young domestic dog
especially
: one less than a year old
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