puppy dog

noun

Definition of puppy dognext
as in puppy

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Recent Examples of puppy dog After the game, which the Guardians won, Clase sent text messages to one of the bettors with images of a man hanging himself with toilet paper and a sad puppy dog face, the indictment said. — NPR, 9 Nov. 2025 But the other people who live nearby may not be so easily swayed by those adorable puppy dog eyes or precious purrs and might get very irritated. — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025 The sorrowful puppy dog eyes were all because the owner’s tuxedo cat was curled up among the blankets in Rocky’s crate (despite having a bed of his own). — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025 Murphy barely generates a chuckle as a weary veteran intent on getting home for his anniversary (Eva Longoria, wasted as his wife) while Davidson’s horny puppy dog shtick wears thin after minute 10. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for puppy dog
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  1. puppy
  2. pup
  3. wolf dog
  4. sled dog
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
Noun
  • One snap shows the shaggy, multicolored pup with his tongue out as his new owner smiles and wraps their arms around him.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • For families weighing whether to book a mobile dog wash & grooming appointment or drop their pup at a salon, the stakes are real.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Definition of pup
Noun
  • That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
Definition of wolf dog
Noun
  • This is where the Alaska Railroad train station, sled dog kennels, and the majority of visitor centers are located.
    — Tamara Gane, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod sled dog race, which takes place annually in Alaska.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Definition of sled dog

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