pup

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See also: púp, Pup, and PUP

English

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Etymology

Clipping of puppy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌp/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌp

Noun

pup (plural pups)

  1. 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.
  2. A young, inexperienced person.
    The new teacher is a mere pup.
  3. Any cute dog, regardless of age.
    My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
  4. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
  5. (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
  6. (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.
  7. (chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
    Coordinate term: bulldog edition

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Verb

pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)

  1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

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Anagrams

Amanab

Noun

pup

  1. broom

Aromanian

Noun

pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)

  1. baby, infant

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pup/
  • Rhymes: -up
  • Syllabification: pup

Noun

pup f

  1. genitive plural of pupa

Romanian

Etymology 1

Regressively derived from the verb pupa.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi)

  1. (informal, familiar, childish) kiss
    Synonym: sărut
Declension
Declension of pup
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pup pupul (niște) pupi pupii
genitive/dative (unui) pup pupului (unor) pupi pupilor
vocative pupule pupilor
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

pup m (plural pupi) (regional, uncommon)

  1. bud
    Synonym: mugur
  2. something rounded or mound-like; hump, hunch; mound
    Synonym: gheb
  3. morel (mushroom)
    Synonym: zbârciog
  4. freckle; mole; birthmark
    Synonyms: pistrui, aluniță
Declension
Declension of pup
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pup pupul (niște) pupi pupii
genitive/dative (unui) pup pupului (unor) pupi pupilor
vocative pupule pupilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (Russian пуп (pup), Polish pęp).

Pronunciation

Noun

pȕp m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏п)

  1. bud, burgeon

Declension

Declension of pup
singular plural
nominative pȕp pùpovi
genitive pupa pupova
dative pupu pupovima
accusative pup pupove
vocative pupe pupovi
locative pupu pupovima
instrumental pupom pupovima

References

  • “pup” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Volapük

Noun

pup

  1. doll, puppet
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