'Whelp' definitions:
Definition of 'whelp'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Whelp'
From: GCIDE
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]
Synonyms of 'whelp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal,
- bandog,
- be confined,
- bear,
- bear a child,
- bear young,
- beast,
- birdling,
- bitch,
- bowwow,
- boy,
- bub,
- bubba,
- buck,
- bud,
- buddy,
- calf,
- calve,
- canine,
- cast,
- catling,
- chick,
- chickling,
- chicky,
- colt,
- cub,
- cur,
- dog,
- dogie,
- drop,
- duckling,
- fancy dog,
- farrow,
- fawn,
- fellow,
- fledgling,
- foal,
- fryer,
- give birth,
- gosling,
- guide dog,
- gyp,
- have,
- have a baby,
- have young,
- hobbledehoy,
- hound,
- hyena,
- insect,
- kennel,
- kid,
- kit,
- kitten,
- labor,
- lad,
- laddie,
- lamb,
- lambkin,
- lap dog,
- lie in,
- litter,
- manchild,
- master,
- mongrel,
- muchacho,
- nest,
- nestling,
- pack of dogs,
- pig,
- piglet,
- pigling,
- polecat,
- polliwog,
- pooch,
- pullet,
- pup,
- puppy,
- reptile,
- schoolboy,
- Seeing Eye dog,
- serpent,
- sheep dog,
- shoat,
- show dog,
- skunk,
- sled dog,
- slut,
- snake,
- sonny,
- sonny boy,
- swine,
- tadpole,
- throw,
- toy dog,
- travail,
- varmint,
- vermin,
- viper,
- wale,
- watchdog,
- weal,
- weaner,
- welt,
- whelk,
- working dog,
- worm,
- yean,
- yeanling,
- young man,
- youth