Whelpy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Whelpy is an adjective meaning Like or relating to a whelp (cub or puppy).
Meaning
Like or relating to a whelp (cub or puppy).
More Meanings
- Festering or having welts or wheals; attery, purulent.
Example Sentences
A small, whelpy moan escaped from her, embarrassing her.
A little whelpy. No big deal.” “Makeup will cover it up, right?”
Stunning, worst comes to worst Springer'll bind off his whelpy first draft that way.
[…] In a letter marked January 29, 1640, Descartes debated the reality of this post-rabies-whelpy-discharge, […]
Word Forms
- whelpier
- whelpiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whelpish, puppylike, whippety, puppyish, cublike, whooplike.
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