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Definition of puppy - 2 dictionary results

pup⋅py

[puhp-ee]
–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


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.]
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