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How to pronounce “whelp”
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Pronunciation guide for whelp
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- Practice the English pronunciation of whelp with real speech in context.
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As a home-schooled hippie whelp growing up
- Definition summary
- A young offspring of a various carnivores (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.
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How to pronounce whelp
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As a home-schooled hippie whelp growing up
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A Deep Dive Into “whelp”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A young offspring of a various carnivores (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.
- (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.
- (obsolete) A kind of ship.
- One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
- A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive, of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.
- [Interjection]
- Alternative form of welp (“well”).
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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