puppy

puppy
    n 1: a young dog
    2: an inexperienced young person [syn: {puppy}, {pup}]
    

Puppy \Pup"py\, n.; pl. {Puppies}. [F. poup['e]e doll, puppet.
   See {Puppet}, and cf. {Pup}, n.]
   1. (Zool.) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common
      dog; a whelp.
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   2. A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and
      impertinent person.
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            I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy
            with a money bag under each arm.      --Addison.
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Puppy \Pup"py\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puppied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Puppying}.]
   To bring forth whelps; to pup.
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114 Moby Thesaurus words for "puppy":
      Beau Brummel, Seeing Eye dog, bandog, beau, birdling, bitch, blade,
      blood, boldface, boulevardier, bowwow, boy, brazenface, bub, bubba,
      buck, bud, buddy, calf, canine, catling, chick, chickling, chicky,
      chutzpanik, clotheshorse, colt, coxcomb, cub, dandy, dog, dogie,
      duckling, dude, exquisite, fancy dog, fashion plate, fawn, fellow,
      fine gentleman, fledgling, foal, fop, fribble, fryer, gallant,
      gosling, guide dog, gyp, hobbledehoy, hussy, jack-a-dandy,
      jackanapes, kennel, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lady-killer,
      lamb, lambkin, lap dog, litter, macaroni, malapert, man-about-town,
      manchild, masher, master, minx, muchacho, nest, nestling,
      pack of dogs, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pooch, pullet, pup,
      saucebox, schoolboy, sheep dog, shoat, show dog, sled dog, slut,
      smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty, smarty-pants, sonny, sonny boy,
      spark, sport, sprat, squirt, squit, swaggerer, swell, tadpole,
      toy dog, upstart, watchdog, weaner, whelp, whippersnapper,
      wise guy, wise-ass, working dog, yeanling, young man, youth