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Definition whelp

Etymology 1

From Middle English whelp, from Old English hwelp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz (compare Dutch welp, German Welpe, Norwegian Nynorsk kvelp), from pre-Germanic *k?elbos.

Noun

whelp (plural whelps)

  1. 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.
  2. (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
  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).
Verb

whelp (third-person singular simple present whelps, present participle whelping, simple past and past participle whelped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.

Etymology 2

Variant of welp.

Interjection

whelp

  1. Alternative form of welp (“well”)

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