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Pup

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
pʌp

Definitions

  1. A white dwarf star, the secondary star in the binary star system Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris.
  2. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
  3. Acronym of potentially unwanted program, software that most computer users do not want on their computers, such as adware.
  4. Initialism of Private Use Plane: either of the two Unicode planes (planes 15 and 16) reserved for private use.
  5. A young, inexperienced person.
  6. Paid up
  7. Any cute dog, regardless of age.
  8. Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein
  9. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
  10. A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
  11. A kind of small spotlight.
  12. An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
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  13. Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog).
  14. A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.

Equivalents

Françaischiotpup
Portuguêsfilhote
21 more languages
Българскимладок
Bosanskipup
हिन्दीपिल्ला
Hrvatskipup
Magyarkutyus
Italianocucciolo
日本語犬ころ
ქართულილეკვი
ភាសាខ្មែរកូនឆ្កែ
Kurdîçatel
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਕਤੂਰਾ
Српскиpup

Examples

“The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.”
“The new teacher is a mere pup.”
“My pup likes to run⟳ as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop⟳ in time!”
“For a scene like⟳ the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist⟳ of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure⟳, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]”
“Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type⟳ like⟳ a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.”
“It could be any dude, as long as you really want⟳ to fuck him. It could be a... a twink, a bear⟳, an otter, a circuit queen, a chub, a pup, a gipster, a daddy chaser, a leatherman, a ladyboy, a Donald Duck. Donald Duck's a gay guy who's been kicked out of the Navy.”
“Mentorship, I learned from the Fog City pups, plays a huge role in their family business, where the pack⟳ hierarchy comes into play⟳.”
“(Pups are apparently different from "furries," who dress up in animal suits. And they are both different from "bunnies," which the author didn't explain⟳ and which I have⟳ neither heart nor stomach to Google.)”
“[...] stream gravels of Bear⟳ Pup are auriferous for a distance of at least 2 miles above its mouth.”
“At last⟳ we reached the head of Young creek, and following a "pup" stream we worked out way over a third divide⟳ and down into the great Chitina valley.”
“[…] the Iditarod district . None appear⟳ in the Dictionary of Alaska Place⟳ Names (27) and presumably are local pups or streams whose terminology is not currently used.”
“[…] covered, not by the main stream many meters to the east, but by silt moving downslope from the west. […] It is common [to find⟳] bones at the juncture of such side feeder systems, or "pups," as they are called locally. I have⟳ found that extant wild sheep (Ovis dalli) bones occur⟳ in similar pup streams in areas that today serve⟳ as winter ranges for sheep. […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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