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How to pronounce “pup”
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Pronunciation guide for pup
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pup with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 17 minutes
and here, in the jar, was a little girl thylacine pup,
- Definition summary
- A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pup
Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger 17 minutes

and here, in the jar, was a little girl thylacine pup,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pup”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals.
- A young, inexperienced person.
- Any cute dog, regardless of age.
- A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
- (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
- (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
- (chiefly US, newspapers, publishing) An early edition of a periodical publication, intended for distribution to distant locations.
- (sex, slang) Someone who participates in pup play (the sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog).
- (chiefly Alaska) A small tributary or feeder stream in the US state of Alaska.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To give birth to pups.
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