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Definition of 'whelp'English
Noun
( en-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.
* Addison
- That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.
(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, def. 2; cog, def. 1).
Derived terms
* fox whelp, fox-whelp, fox's whelp (foxling)
* (Newfoundland) (l)
* whelpling
* wolf whelp, wolf-whelp, wolf's whelp
See also
* Guelf, Guelph
* (l)
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Verb
( en-verb)
(ambitransitive) To give birth.
- The bitch whelped .
- The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.
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