whelp as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
whelp
noun
1 whelp
Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf.
synonym: pup.
Roget 129:
infant,
babe,
baby,
babe in arms;
nurseling,
suckling,
yearling,
weanling;
papoose,
bambino;
kid;
vagitus.
child,
bairn [Scot.],
little one,
brat,
chit,
pickaninny,
urchin;
bantling,
bratling†;
elf.
youth,
boy,
lad,
stripling,
youngster,
youngun,
younker†,
callant†,
whipster†,
whippersnapper,
whiffet [U.S.],
schoolboy,
hobbledehoy,
hopeful,
cadet,
minor,
master.
scion;
sap,
seedling;
tendril,
olive branch,
nestling,
chicken,
larva,
chrysalis,
tadpole,
whelp,
cub,
pullet,
fry,
callow;
codlin, codling;
foetus,
calf,
colt,
pup,
foal,
kitten;
lamb,
lambkin†;
aurelia†,
caterpillar,
cocoon,
nymph,
nympha†,
orphan,
pupa,
staddle†.
girl;
lass,
lassie;
wench,
miss,
damsel,
demoiselle;
maid,
maiden;
virgin;
hoyden.
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Roget 366:
animal,
animal kingdom;
fauna;
brute creation.
beast,
brute,
creature,
critter [U.S.];
wight,
created being;
creeping thing,
living thing;
dumb animal,
dumb creature;
zoophyte.
[major divisions of animals]
mammal,
bird,
reptile,
amphibian,
fish,
crustacean,
shellfish,
mollusk,
worm,
insect,
arthropod,
microbe.
[microscopic animals]
microbe,
animalcule
etc.
193.
[reptiles]
alligator,
crocodile;
saurian;
dinosaur
(extinct);
snake,
serpent,
viper,
eft;
asp,
aspick†.
[amphibians]
frog,
toad.
[fishes]
trout,
bass,
tuna,
muskelunge,
sailfish,
sardine,
mackerel.
[insects]
ant,
mosquito,
bee,
honeybee.
[arthropods]
tardigrade,
spider.
[classification by number of feet]
biped,
quadruped;
[web-footed animal]
webfoot.
flocks and herds,
live stock;
domestic animals,
wild animals;
game,
ferae naturae [Lat.];
beasts of the field,
fowls of the air,
denizens of the sea;
black game,
black grouse;
blackcock†,
duck,
grouse,
plover,
rail,
snipe.
[domesticated mammals]
horse
etc.
(beast of burden)
271;
cattle,
kine†,
ox;
bull,
bullock;
cow,
milch cow,
calf,
heifer,
shorthorn;
sheep;
lamb,
lambkin†;
ewe,
ram,
tup;
pig,
swine,
boar,
hog,
sow;
steer,
stot†;
tag,
teg†;
bison,
buffalo,
yak,
zebu,
dog,
cat.
[dogs]
dog,
hound;
pup,
puppy;
whelp,
cur,
mongrel;
house dog,
watch dog,
sheep dog,
shepherd's dog,
sporting dog,
fancy dog,
lap dog,
toy dog,
bull dog,
badger dog;
mastiff;
blood hound,
grey hound,
stag hound,
deer hound,
fox hound,
otter hound;
harrier,
beagle,
spaniel,
pointer,
setter,
retriever;
Newfoundland;
water dog,
water spaniel;
pug,
poodle;
turnspit;
terrier;
fox terrier,
Skye terrier;
Dandie Dinmont;
collie.
[cats--generally]
feline,
puss,
pussy;
grimalkin†;
gib cat,
tom cat.
[wild mammals]
fox,
Reynard,
vixen,
stag,
deer,
hart,
buck,
doe,
roe;
caribou,
coyote,
elk,
moose,
musk ox,
sambar†.
[birds]
bird;
poultry,
fowl,
cock,
hen,
chicken,
chanticleer,
partlet†,
rooster,
dunghill cock,
barn door fowl;
feathered tribes,
feathered songster;
singing bird,
dicky bird;
canary,
warbler;
finch;
aberdevine†,
cushat†,
cygnet,
ringdove†,
siskin,
swan,
wood pigeon.
[undesirable animals]
vermin,
varmint [U.S.],
pest.
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Roget 949:
bad man,
wrongdoer,
worker of iniquity;
evildoer
etc.
913;
sinner;
the wicked
etc.
945;
bad example.
villain,
rascal,
scoundrel,
miscreant,
budmash†,
caitiff†;
wretch,
reptile,
viper,
serpent,
cockatrice,
basilisk,
urchin;
tiger†,
monster;
devil
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate;
demon in human shape,
Nana Sahib;
hellhound,
hellcat;
rakehell†.
bad woman,
jade,
Jezebel.
scamp,
scapegrace,
rip,
runagate,
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scalawag,
scallawag.
rou_e [Fr.],
rake;
Sadist;
skeesicks [Slang],
skeezix [U.S.];
limb;
one who has sold himself to the devil,
fallen angel,
ame damnee [Fr.],
vaurien†,
mauvais sujet [Fr.],
loose fish,
sad dog;
rounder [Slang];
lost sheep,
black sheep;
castaway,
recreant,
defaulter;
prodigal
etc.
818.
rough,
rowdy,
hooligan,
tough,
ugly customer,
mean mother [Coll.],
ruffian,
bully,
meanie [Joc.];
Jonathan Wild;
hangman.
incendiary,
arsonist,
fire bug [U.S.].
thief
etc.
792;
murderer,
terrorist
etc.
361.
[person who violates the criminal law]
culprit,
delinquent,
crook,
hoodlum,
hood,
criminal,
thug,
malefactor,
offender,
perpetrator,
perp [Coll.];
disorderly person,
misdemeanant [Law];
outlaw;
scofflaw;
vandal;
felon,
(convicted criminal);
criminal;
convict,
prisoner,
inmate,
jail bird,
ticket of leave man;
multiple offender.
blackguard,
polisson†,
loafer,
sneak;
rapscallion,
rascallion†;
cullion†,
mean wretch,
varlet,
kern†,
ame-de-boue [Fr.],
drole†;
cur,
dog,
hound†,
whelp†,
mongrel†;
lown†,
loon,
runnion†,
outcast,
vagabond;
rogue
etc.
(knave)
941;
ronian†;
scum of the earth,
riffraff;
Arcades ambo†.
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Dutch: hondejong, hondenjong, pup, puppy
verb
1 whelp
Give birth to (a puppy):
— The dog whelped.
synonym: pup.
Roget 161:
produce,
perform,
operate,
do,
make,
gar,
form,
construct,
fabricate,
frame,
contrive,
manufacture;
weave,
forge,
coin,
carve,
chisel;
build,
raise,
edify,
rear,
erect,
put together,
set up,
run up;
establish,
constitute,
compose,
organize,
institute;
achieve,
accomplish
etc.
(complete)
729.
flower,
bear fruit,
fructify,
teem,
ean†,
yean†,
farrow,
drop,
pup,
kitten,
kindle;
bear,
lay,
whelp,
bring forth,
give birth to,
lie in,
be brought to bed of,
evolve,
pullulate,
usher into the world.
make productive
etc.
168;
create;
beget,
get,
generate,
fecundate,
impregnate;
procreate,
progenerate†,
propagate;
engender;
bring into being,
call into being,
bring into existence;
breed,
hatch,
develop,
bring up.
induce,
superinduce;
suscitate†;
cause
etc.
153;
acquire
etc.
775.
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