whelp

noun · verb · interjectionA2

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noun

Plural noun:

whelps

1.
A young offspring of a various carnivores (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.
2.
(derogatory)An insolent youth; a mere child.
July 13, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance.
October 22, 2011, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Luna Eclipsed" Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!
3.
(obsolete)A kind of ship.
4.
One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
5.
A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).

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verb

V_es/s

whelps

V_ing/Gerund

whelping

V_ed/pp

whelped

1.
(ambitransitive, usually)(ambitransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
The bitch whelped.
The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.

interjection

1.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of welp (“well”).

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from *hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare welp, Welpe, Welfe, hvelpr, kvelp, hvalp), from *kʷelbos, of uncertain origin.