'Whelp' definitions:

Definition of 'whelp'

(from WordNet)
noun
Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf [syn: pup, whelp]
verb
Birth; "the dog whelped" [syn: whelp, pup]

Definition of 'Whelp'

From: GCIDE
  • Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.] To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Whelp'

From: GCIDE
  • Whelp \Whelp\, v. t. To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to. [1913 Webster]
  • Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have loved a thing better. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Whelp'

From: GCIDE
  • Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf, Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. "A bear robbed of her whelps." --2 Sam. xvii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt. [1913 Webster]
  • That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel. [1913 Webster]

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