Whelp definition
A young lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf, etc.; cub.
noun
Any of the teeth on a sprocket wheel.
noun
The definition of a whelp is a young animal or child.
An example of a whelp is a puppy.
noun
Whelp is defined as to give birth.
An example of whelp is for a dog to have puppies.
verb
A child; a youth.
noun
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An impudent boy or young man.
noun
A tooth of a sprocket wheel.
noun
(nautical) Any of the ridges on the barrel of a windlass or capstan.
noun
To give birth to whelps or a whelp.
verb
To give birth to (whelps or a whelp).
verb
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A young dog; puppy.
noun
A youth or child.
noun
To give birth to (young)
verb
A young offspring of a carnivorous mammal, especially a dog or wolf.
noun
To give birth to whelps or a whelp.
verb
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One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
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(intransitive) (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
The bitch whelped.
The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.
verb
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A young offspring of a carnivorous mammal, especially a dog or wolf.
noun
Origin of whelp
- Middle English from Old English hwelp
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old English hwelp 'pup, wolf cub', from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, obsolete German Welf, Danish hvalp), from pre-Germanic *kʷelbos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbhos (compare Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę) 'foal', Latin vulva, bolva, volba 'womb', Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos) 'fœtus, newborn', Hittite huēlpi 'overipe, fresh; newborn animal', Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba, úlva) 'womb').
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