Whelp

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
     Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
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     1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a
        cub; as, a lion's whelps. "A bear robbed of her whelps."
        --2 Sam. xvii. 8.


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     2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
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              That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
              made his entrance.                    --Addison.
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     3. (Naut.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the
        barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the
        plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.
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     4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Whelping}.]
     To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
     some beasts of prey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
     To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
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           Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
           loved a thing better.                    --B. Jonson.
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           Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whelp
       n : young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf [syn:
           {pup}]
       v : birth; "the dog whelped" [syn: {pup}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "whelp":
     Seeing Eye dog, animal, bandog, be confined, bear, bear a child,
     bear young, beast, birdling, bitch, bowwow, boy, bub, bubba, buck,
     bud, buddy, calf, calve, canine, cast, catling, chick, chickling,
     chicky, colt, cub, cur, dog, dogie, drop, duckling, fancy dog,
     farrow, fawn, fellow, fledgling, foal, fryer, give birth, gosling,
     guide dog, gyp, have, have a baby, have young, hobbledehoy, hound,
     hyena, insect, kennel, kid, kit, kitten, labor, lad, laddie, lamb,
     lambkin, lap dog, lie in, litter, manchild, master, mongrel,
     muchacho, nest, nestling, pack of dogs, pig, piglet, pigling,
     polecat, polliwog, pooch, pullet, pup, puppy, reptile, schoolboy,
     serpent, sheep dog, shoat, show dog, skunk, sled dog, slut, snake,
     sonny, sonny boy, swine, tadpole, throw, toy dog, travail, varmint,
     vermin, viper, wale, watchdog, weal, weaner, welt, whelk,
     working dog, worm, yean, yeanling, young man, youth