WHELP

whelp

Noun

  1. A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
  2. An insolent youth; a mere child.
  3. A kind of ship.
  4. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
  5. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket, def. 2; cog, def. 1).

Verb

  1. To give birth.
    The bitch whelped.
    The she-wolf whelped a large litter of cubs.


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