whelp

noun

1. a young dog; puppy
2. a young lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf, etc.; cub
3. a youth or child: a term showing contempt
4. any of the teeth on a sprocket wheel
5. Naut. any of the ribs or ridges along the barrel of a capstan or the drum of a windlass: usually used in pl.

transitive verb, intransitive verb