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/pʌp/ · noun
A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals..
The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.
The new teacher is a mere pup.
My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!
For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]
Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.
It could be any dude, as long as you really want to fuck him. It could be a... a twink, a bear, an otter, a circuit queen, a chub, a pup, a gipster, a daddy chaser, a leatherman, a ladyboy, a Donald Duck. Donald Duck's a gay guy who's been kicked out of the Navy.
Mentorship, I learned from the Fog City pups, plays a huge role in their family business, where the pack hierarchy comes into play.
(Pups are apparently different from "furries," who dress up in animal suits. And they are both different from "bunnies," which the author didn't explain and which I have neither heart nor stomach to Google.)
Use pup when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pup means A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals..
Common synonyms include whelp, puppy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.
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