whelp
IPA: hwˈɛɫp
noun
- A young offspring of a 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.
- (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
- (obsolete) A kind of ship.
- 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).
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
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Examples of "whelp" in Sentences
- Who owns that whelp
- The wolves whelp in the forest.
- I would like to have a cute whelp.
- The dog whelped three puppies last night.
- They breed and whelp without any intervention.
- Both still whelp in burrows dug into the earth, a feral dog trait.
- Have a page you've written that some whelp has dared to trod upon
- Your so rude and offensive, learn some manners, you incompulent whelp.
- He was told that the mother had been brought over from America in whelp.
- A whelp is a young wolf, dog or other animal, and also an impudent youth.
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