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

1. noun. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
2. noun. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
5. intransitive verb. To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.
6. transitive verb. To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.
7. noun. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

   Synonyms: pup

8. verb. birth

   "the dog whelped"

   Synonyms: pup

Synonyms

pup

Common word forms

whelps, whelped, whelping, whelpless

Words from these letters

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