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Pup

//pʌp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Private Use Plane: either of the two Unicode planes (planes 15 and 16) reserved for private use. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A white dwarf star, the secondary star in the binary star system Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris. informal
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Acronym of potentially unwanted program, software that most computer users do not want on their computers, such as adware. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  3. 3
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf wordnet
  4. 4
    A young, inexperienced person.

    "The new teacher is a mere pup."

  5. 5
    Paid up
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  1. 6
    an inexperienced young person wordnet
  2. 7
    Any cute dog, regardless of age.

    "My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!"

  3. 8
    Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein
  4. 9
    A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
  5. 10
    A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
  6. 11
    A kind of small spotlight.

    "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 […]"

  7. 12
    An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations. US
  8. 13
    Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog). slang

    "It could be any dude, as long as you really want to fuck him. It could be a... a twink, a bear, an otter, a circuit queen, a chub, a pup, a gipster, a daddy chaser, a leatherman, a ladyboy, a Donald Duck. Donald Duck's a gay guy who's been kicked out of the Navy."

  9. 14
    A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.

    "[...] stream gravels of Bear Pup are auriferous for a distance of at least 2 miles above its mouth."

Verb
  1. 1
    To give birth to pups. intransitive
  2. 2
    give birth to (a puppy) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of puppy.

Etymology 2

Clipping of puppy.

Etymology 3

Capitalization of pup. From pups being small dogs. From being a small star next to the Dog Star.

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