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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Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 Nov. 2025
Crate training can be useful past the puppy stage.
—Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Dog owner Emma Poole, 21, certainly has her hands full with her 1-year-old Saint Bernard puppy, named Hank.
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Norman and Bambi later gave birth to a surprise litter of puppies in 2016.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 Nov. 2025
Crate training can be useful past the puppy stage.
—Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Dog owner Emma Poole, 21, certainly has her hands full with her 1-year-old Saint Bernard puppy, named Hank.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Norman and Bambi later gave birth to a surprise litter of puppies in 2016.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppy. Accessed 15 Nov. 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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