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Synonyms for puppy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puhp-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌp i


Définition of puppy

Origin :
  • late 15c., "woman's small pet dog," of uncertain origin but likely from Middle French poupée "doll, toy" (see puppet). Meaning shifted from "toy dog" to "young dog" (1590s), replacing Middle English whelp. In early use in English puppet and puppy were not always distinct from each other. Also used about that time in sense of "vain young man." Puppy-dog first attested 1590s (in Shakespeare, puppi-dogges). Puppy love is from 1823. Puppy fat is from 1937.
  • noun young dog
Example sentences :
  • Of course the puppy barked; of course the skunk did not like it.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • All was as merry as a marriage bell, and might have continued so but for that puppy Sim.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • I opened the door of his cage and, snatching the puppy, fled.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Then their noses touched, and he felt the warm little tongue of the puppy on his jowl.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He was a good runner, swifter than any puppy of his size, and swifter than Lip-lip.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He had had experience in puppy fights and was already something of a bully.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He looked at Kiche licking her puppy and stopping now and then to snarl at him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Get out of the house, you puppy; or I'll have the servants up, and have you ducked in the horse-pond.'
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Meanwhile the puppy and the fox-cub played about in his room.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • Her hair was soft, soft and white as a puppy's, soft and white like the down from a dandelion.
  • Extract from : « One Martian Afternoon » by Tom Leahy

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