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   whelp

   /wɛlp/

   noun

   • 1. a puppy.
   • ▪ a cub: "let the lioness suckle her whelps"
   • 2. a boy or young man (often as a disparaging form of address): "too high and mighty to call her ‘Mam’—isn't that so, whelp?"
   • 3. a set of projections on the barrel of a capstan or windlass.

   verb

   • 1. (of a female dog) give birth to (a puppy): "Copper whelped seven puppies"

   Word Origin Old Englishhwelp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch welp and German Welf.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • W

     4

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • P

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