puppy love

noun

: transitory love or affection felt by a child or adolescent

Examples of puppy love in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All throughout awards season and up until just last month, the couple, who've been linked since April 2023, have been parading their puppy love for all to see. —Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 May 2025

The music video, directed by Joey & Joey in the heart of Miami’s Hialeah neighborhood, celebrates the kind of puppy love that grows old together. —Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Khalifa was feeling the puppy love during his interview with Buzzfeed Celeb as he was peppered with questions about his career while the dogs nibbled on his Nike laces and icy chain. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025

The puppy love-romance between Arsin and Meiyu is what drives the story, but there’s not much to it beyond lots of silent camaraderie and fleeting glances. —Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for puppy love

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• of
• shove
• hereinabove