Dictionary Entry
whelp
whelp is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
- 2noun
A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
- 5intransitive verb
To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
- 6transitive verb
To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
- 7noun
young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
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- 8verb
birth
"the dog whelped"
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