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pup (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: puppy]
a young dog
-synonym puppy puppy
::a spaniel pup
::a litter of pups (=several pups born to the same mother at the same time)
a young seal or otter
old-fashioned a young man who is rude or too confident
be sold a pup/buy a pup
BrE old-fashioned to be tricked into buying something that is not worth what you paid for it