Sekirov Dictionary

whelp

/wɛlp/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 4

noun5

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A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
- […]And fared like a furious wyld Beare, / Whose whelpes are stolne away, she being otherwhere. — 1596
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(offensive) An insolent youth; a mere child.
- July 13, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.
- October 22, 2011, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Luna Eclipsed" Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
(no longer used) A kind of ship.

verb1

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To give birth.
- The bitch whelped.
- The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.

forms

whelped · whelping · whelpeth · whelps

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