welp

See also: Welp

English

Alternative forms

• whelp

Etymology

Representing well pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yep, yup, nope, and ope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛlp/, [wɛlp̚]

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛlp
• Homophone: whelp (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Interjection

welp

1. (slang) Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising.
   • 2018 March 25, Adam Rogers, “The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007”, in Wired‎^[1]:

     “Nuclear power is a dual-use technology. It can be weaponized.” Welp. “It is sort of what we anticipated, that there would be a Three Mile Island moment around data sharing that would rock the research community,” Lazer says.

Anagrams

• Plew, plew

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch welp, from Old Dutch welp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlp

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

welp m or n (plural welpen, diminutive welpje n)

1. whelp, young mammal of certain carnivorous species, notably canine pup, bear - or lion cub
2. human youngster, especially of age group 8-11 in boy scouts

Derived terms

• welpenhorde
• welpenpet

Related terms

• wulps

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch welp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.

Noun

welp n or m

1. whelp

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: welp

Further reading

• “welp”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “welp (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

welp

1. Alternative form of whelp