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
Examples of puppy in a Sentence
Our dog just had four puppies.
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What may seem like cute behavior from a little puppy can grow into a big nuisance when your dog becomes an adult.
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Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Bonnie’s litter is due in around four weeks, and homes for the new puppies are already lined up with people the family knows.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The scared but resilient puppy cries as rescuers work to free her.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
In the lab, their puppy power is coupled with artificial intelligence to detect cancer in the breath sample.
—Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Bonnie’s litter is due in around four weeks, and homes for the new puppies are already lined up with people the family knows.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
The scared but resilient puppy cries as rescuers work to free her.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
In the lab, their puppy power is coupled with artificial intelligence to detect cancer in the breath sample.
—Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppy. Accessed 28 Oct. 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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