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PUPPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young dog
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("puppy" is a kind of...):
pup; whelp (young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf)
Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An inexperienced young person
Synonyms:
pup; puppy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("puppy" is a kind of...):
spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
Context examples:
I can see him as he was in those days with great, floundering, half-formed limbs like a Newfoundland puppy, and a face that set every woman’s head round as he passed her.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"For he did claw at himself, and leap about over the ice like a playful puppy, save from the way he growled and squealed it was plain it was not play but pain. Never did I see such a sight!"
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I wanted to be among people, with whom I could converse upon even terms, and walk about the streets and fields without being afraid of being trod to death like a frog or a young puppy.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
And still pursuing the same cheerful thoughts, she soon afterwards added, And will tell you what, Fanny, which is more than I did for Maria: the next time Pug has a litter you shall have a puppy.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A saunter into other meadows, and through part of the village, with a visit to the stables to examine some improvements, and a charming game of play with a litter of puppies just able to roll about, brought them to four o'clock, when Catherine scarcely thought it could be three.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The sixth house is also the house ruling small domestic animals, so if you were thinking of adopting a little puppy or kitten, this is the time to visit the rescue center where you can find one that will pull at your heartstrings.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
At that time he was a mere puppy, soft from the making, without form, ready for the thumb of circumstance to begin its work upon him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
My dear Emma, your own good sense could not endure such a puppy when it came to the point.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But being afraid the boy might owe me a spite, and well remembering how mischievous all children among us naturally are to sparrows, rabbits, young kittens, and puppy dogs, I fell on my knees, and pointing to the boy, made my master to understand, as well as I could, that I desired his son might be pardoned.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
His heart was softened in seeing mine suffer; and so much of his ill-will was done away, that when we parted, he almost shook me by the hand while he reminded me of an old promise about a pointer puppy.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
