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
otter3. 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 ▲