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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Coren said pet parents might also notice puppies having intense dreams.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Two litters of puppies were among the 44 dogs seized by DCSO Animal Control.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Is this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Other inmates train puppies to become service dogs.
—Patrick Davis, NPR, 3 Sep. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Two litters of puppies were among the 44 dogs seized by DCSO Animal Control.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Is this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Other inmates train puppies to become service dogs.
—Patrick Davis, NPR, 3 Sep. 2025
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 16 Sep. 2025.
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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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