puppy

noun

Definition of puppynext
as in pup

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Recent Examples of puppy According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, deputies began to investigate the case on Tuesday when a local news outlet sent a crime tip to investigators that included video showing Puterbaugh forcefully striking the puppy multiple times. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Matthew Denton, a sheriff's deputy in Ohio's Medina County, has a new dog with a new name, Trooper, in a nod to highway patrol officer John Kronander who found the gray and white puppy abandoned in a crate without food or water at a rest area. — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026 Puppy Love Is anything sweeter than a baby and a puppy who are best friends? — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026 Kronander pulled out his phone and showed Matthew Denton, a sergeant with the Medina County Sheriff’s Office, a photo of a gray and white puppy. — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for puppy
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  1. pup
  2. whelp
  3. puppy dog
Noun
  • An adorable pup in Louisiana was anxious to swim into rising Gulf of Mexico waters, doing a stationary doggie paddle while being carried through a flood during Hurricane Isaias.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Now, nearly a month later, the pup is regularly nursing from Winnie, zoo officials said.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of pup
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  • Unlikely Meathead, a whelp who spoke from a position of occasionally whiny, frequently wet-behind-the-ears insulation from life’s realities, Reiner had gray in his beard and a lengthy track record of using his podium for good.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of whelp
Noun
  • You might be tempted by that pair of puppy dog eyes in the pet store window.
    — Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Kenny is super likable but kind of just follows Boyd around like a puppy dog.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of puppy dog

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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppy. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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