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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Dogs often developed sores on their feet from living on the wire mesh floors of their cages, and often puppies could be seen with their legs and paws falling through the holes, documents showed.
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
In the midst of a Texas storm last week, a tiny trembling puppy was found clinging onto life, left in an onion sack, shivering and covered in ticks.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Foster parents can take home a dog or puppies that same day.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
With a puppy on her lap and her favorite Thor mug full of coffee, Sasha is working on her next novel.
—Meg Miller, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
In the midst of a Texas storm last week, a tiny trembling puppy was found clinging onto life, left in an onion sack, shivering and covered in ticks.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Foster parents can take home a dog or puppies that same day.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
With a puppy on her lap and her favorite Thor mug full of coffee, Sasha is working on her next novel.
—Meg Miller, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 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 18 Jul. 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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