whelp
whelp
Definition
whelp (hwelp, welp)
noun
- a young dog; puppy
- a young lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf, etc.; cub
- a youth or child: a term showing contempt
- any of the teeth on a sprocket wheel
- Naut. any of the ribs or ridges along the barrel of a capstan or the drum of a windlass: usually used in pl.
Etymology: ME < OE hwelp, akin to Ger welf, ON hvelpr, puppy, prob. < IE *kwel-, var. of base *kel-, to cry out, call > low, Welsh colwyn, puppy
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to give birth to (young): said of some animals
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Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Object
- box: Also ideal as mobile kennel, whelping box or show kennel.
- bitch: Sasha was a wonderful bitch to own but was not the most fertile of dams nor was she an easy whelping bitch.
- litter: Holycross Spark then whelped here litter to Toms the Best on the 16th and all went well and all 9 pups doing very well.
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