PUP Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of pup

as in puppy

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as in to litter

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Neither typically require an immediate vet visit, but monitor your pup for allergic reaction or infection. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Since then, the pup has helped save more than 350 lives, deployed after landslides, structural collapses, gas explosions, floods, and the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria. — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026

Verb

Extra food for me, my partner, and pup too. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 30 May 2026 The sea lion breeding and pupping season is fast approaching at main rookeries such as the Channel Islands, according to Giancarlo Rulli, associate director of public relations for the Marine Mammal Center in Marin County. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pup

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Noun

Light, owner of SnowDen Samoyeds, said some of her puppy buyers were the first to tell her that Kelce and Swift appear to have chosen a Samoyed.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Tank also follows in the paw prints of another beloved Ladder 20 Dalmatian, Twenty, who was gifted to the station as a puppy after seven members died during the response to the 9/11 attacks.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Definition of puppy

Verb

But Guthrie wasn’t kidding, slipping into a yellow gingham dress before joining her co-hosts on the Today Show Plaza to greet visitors.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
If there was any skepticism due to the level of competition Moss faced in college, don’t kid yourself.

— Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

Kenny is super likable but kind of just follows Boyd around like a puppy dog.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of puppy dog

Verb

To address the dwindling number of eligible heirs, the revisions allow distant male relatives to be adopted into the imperial family to father future successors.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Males who mate with many females might be trying to father as many offspring as possible.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 8 July 2026

Definition of father

Verb

Gun Runner’s stable still has the brass nameplate of its former occupant, legendary 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who also sired an impressive line of runners.

— Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026
He was brought to the United States that year, and has since sired four calves.

— Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026

Definition of sire

Verb

The number of cattle that had calved (given birth to a baby) was also down 100,000 from the prior year.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 4 June 2026
According to the New England Aquarium, this year's right whale calving season produced 23 mother-calf pairs, which is the highest total recorded since 2009.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026

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