pup
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
pup (plural pups)
- A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
- The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.
- A young, inexperienced person.
- The new teacher is a mere pup.
- Any cute dog, regardless of age.
- My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
- A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
- (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
- (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
- 1976, A. Arthur Englander, Paul Petzold, Filming for Television, page 191:
- For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]
- 2003, Christopher Neame, Rungs on a Ladder: Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze, page 23:
- Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.
- (chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
- Coordinate term: bulldog edition
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
young dog, etc.
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young, inexperienced person
cute dog
short semi-trailer
Verb[edit]
pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)
- (intransitive) To give birth to pups.
Translations[edit]
to give birth to pups
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Amanab[edit]
Noun[edit]
pup
Aromanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)
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Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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pup f
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Regressively derived from the verb pupa.
Noun[edit]
pup m (plural pupi)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pup
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Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain; possibly an expressive formation (variant of pop; cf. also coc), or a substratum term (compare Albanian pupë (“bud”)), or less likely linked to (Vulgar) Latin puppa (“teat, nipple”). More likely ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (compare Serbo-Croatian pup (“bud”)) or Hungarian pup, although this would only explain one of the senses.
Noun[edit]
pup m (plural pupi) (regional, uncommon)
- bud
- Synonym: mugur
- something rounded or mound-like; hump, hunch; mound
- Synonym: gheb
- morel (mushroom)
- Synonym: zbârciog
- freckle; mole; birthmark
Declension[edit]
Declension of pup
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pup
References[edit]
- “pup” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
pup
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