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pup⋅py

  [puhp-ee]
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–noun, plural -pies.
1. a young dog, esp. one less than a year old.
2. Fox Hunting. a foxhound that has hunted regularly for less than one season.
3. pup (def. 2).
4. a presuming, conceited, or empty-headed young man.
Origin:
1480–90; earlier popi. See puppet, -y 2

Related forms:
pup⋅py⋅hood, pup⋅py⋅dom, noun
pup⋅py⋅ish, adjective
pup⋅py⋅like, adjective
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pup·py   (pŭp'ē)   
n.   pl. pup·pies
A young dog; a pup.

[Middle English popi, small pet dog, perhaps from Anglo-Norman poppe, doll, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin pūpa, girl, doll.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
puppy

  1. n.
    a wimp; a softie. : That silly puppy is still waiting outside your door.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

puppy 
1486, "woman's small pet dog," from M.Fr. poupée "doll, toy" (see puppet). Meaning shifted from "toy dog" to "young dog" (1591), replacing M.E. whelp. Also used about that time in sense of "vain young man." Puppy love is from 1834. Puppy fat is from 1937.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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