puppy Definition
puppy (pup′ē)
noun pl. -·pies
- a young dog
- a young fox, seal, etc.; pup
- an insolent, conceited, or silly young man
- ☆ Slang a person or thing that guy is one tired puppy
Etymology: ME popi < MFr popee, doll < *poupe: see puppet
puppy Related Forms
pup′·py·hood′ noun
pup′·py·ish adjective
puppy Synonyms
puppy Usage Examples
Converse of object
socialize: Relying on the existing dog as the sole means of socializing a puppy is unlikely to prevent behavioral problems developing.
Adjective modifier
- Dalmatian: The first thing I did was to get a dog, a dalmatian puppy ( with brown spots not black!
- husky: Severe allergies were inflicted on husky puppies and cats were killed in invasive abdominal experiments.
- cute: What was funny in a cute little puppy suddenly becomes annoying in a huge dog.
- adorable: The adorable puppy Fune played with the limbs, buried the brains and dug out bullets.
- unwanted: News: Loyal patient there at birth of health center News: Can you provide a new home for one of 11 unwanted puppies?
- affected: Arrangements can then be made for the affected puppy / puppies to be taken to Dr. Barnett for examination.
Modifies a noun
- socialiser: However, it is no problem if longer-term puppy socialisers have their own dogs or other animals.
- socialization: Some clubs start with puppy socialization at twelve to fourteen weeks of age.
- walker: They live under the care of volunteer puppy walkers who introduce the young pups to different sights, sounds and smells.
- hood: It became obvious very quickly that she had eating problems as she probably had never had a proper diet since puppy hood.
- farm: Yet some puppy farms are pumping out 750 new pups per year, all of specially designed breeds.
Noun used with modifier
- beagle: Scenes of cruel staff punching and shaking terrified beagle puppies were shown.
- terrier: York, North Yorkshire, UK KC reg Airedale terrier puppy.
- collie: Not bad for a written off old farm dog Pink Pink was a little collie puppy who came over from Ireland.
- mongrel: MORE » Charlie's Checklist Charlie, a mongrel puppy, is the last of his litter to find a home.
- hush: They were given the name hush puppies as eating such humble food wasn't something people wanted to discuss.
- bitch: The thief snatched the bitch puppy, which is one of a litter of six, from a pen at Wetheral Animal Refuge.
Preposition: in
litter: Moose was the dominant male puppy in a litter of six.
Preposition: from
breeder: We know that finding the right puppy from the right breeder can be very difficult.
Browse dictionary entries near puppy
- ‹ Puppis
- ‹ puppetry
- ‹ puppeteer
- ‹ puppet show
- ‹ puppet
- ‹ pupiparous
- ‹ Pupin
- ‹ pupillary
- ‹ pupilage
- ‹ pupil
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- purana ›
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