puppy

noun

Definition of puppynext
as in pup

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Recent Examples of puppy During the week, Aikman continues his training through the Canine Companions prison puppy raising program at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth. — Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Honestly, the criteria was sort of intense because Bruiser had to be a little puppy. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026 Included are Hello Kitty dressed in a Godzilla costume (complete with her signature bow), the white rabbit Kuromi wearing a Mechagodzilla costume and the Cinnamoroll puppy character in a Destoroyah crustacean monster outfit. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 One puppy is dead and another is fighting for its life after a basket with six newborn puppies was found abandoned in New Haven on Sunday. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for puppy
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  1. pup
  2. whelp
  3. puppy dog
Noun
  • Powell had been following dog adoption and rescue accounts on social media and came across a cute pup at the Labelle Foundation in Los Angeles.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While these ingredients are generally safe for dogs, every pup is different.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 21 Aug. 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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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppy. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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