pup
[noun]
Synonyms: twerp, puppy, sprat, squirt, squit

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pup /pʌp/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: puppy]

1. a young dog Synonym : puppy:
a spaniel pup
a litter of pups (=several pups born to the same mother at the same time)

2. a young seal or otter

3. old-fashioned a young man who is rude or too confident

4. be sold a pup/buy a pup British English old-fashioned to be tricked into buying something that is not worth what you paid for it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲