Puppy
['pʌpɪ] or ['pʌpi]
Definition
(n.) The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.
(n.) A name of contemptuous reproach for a conceited and impertinent person.
(v. i.) To bring forth whelps; to pup.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pup, whelp, young dog.
Typed by Deirdre
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fop, coxcomb, prig
ANT:Boor, clown, lout
Editor: Rodney
Definition
n. a doll: a young dog: a whelp: a conceited young man.—adj. Pupp′y-head′ed (Shak.) stupid.—n. Pupp′yhood the condition of being a puppy.—adj. Pupp′yish.—n. Pupp′yism conceit in men.
Typist: Wanda
Examples
- De Hamal is an unutterable puppy, besides being a very white-livered hero. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Robert is no puppy or male flirt; I can vouch for that. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He is a puppy, your cousin--a quiet, serious, sensible, judicious, ambitious puppy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Blind puppy! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For a space he will be vain, probably a downright puppy, eager for pleasure and desirous of admiration, athirst, too, for knowledge. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After all, it was a relief that there was no puppy to tread upon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In no woman's presence will I ever again stand at once such a fool and such a knave, such a brute and such a puppy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- An abominable puppy! Jane Austen. Emma.
- My dear Emma, your own good sense could not endure such a puppy when it came to the point. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He showed the white object under his arm, which was a tiny Maltese puppy, one of nature's most naive toys. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They both lost their heads with astonishment on being set loose at that time of night, and jumped upon me like a couple of puppies! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They found Winifred at the lodge admiring the litter of purebred white puppies. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He's worth two such puppies as you. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was only the last time they met that he had offered him one of Folly's puppies! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Tragedies and cravats, poetry and pickles, garden seeds and long letters, music and gingerbread, rubbers, invitations, scoldings, and puppies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In all great towns, several are every night exposed in the street, or drowned like puppies in the water. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Now dogs are not divided into hes and shes--we do not take the masculine gender out to hunt and leave the females at home to look after their puppies. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Rex