puppy

noun

Definition of puppynext
as in pup

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Recent Examples of puppy 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 Like a kid seeing a puppy under the tree on Christmas morning. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Neither Swift nor Kelce has publicly confirmed the news, but during a February 2025 episode on the Fitz and Whit podcast, Kelce’s older brother, Jason, announced that the Chiefs player adopted a puppy. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for puppy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppy
  1. pup
  2. whelp
  3. puppy dog
Noun
  • Firefighters said in a Facebook post that the sweet pup was located using a drone, which found the pooch paddling by himself in San Francisco Bay.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • The park is dog-friendly; just be sure to keep your pup on a leash while exploring the trails.
    — Kat Stinson, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026
Definition of pup
Noun
  • 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
  • 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

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