whelp

🇺🇸 /welp/ 🇬🇧 /welp/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
noun
R

a baby dog

The little boy was so excited to see the new whelp in his backyard.

verb
R

when a dog has baby dogs

The farmer said his dog was about to whelp and they expected puppies any day now.

translation

n. a baby dog
v. when a dog has baby dogs

Word Forms

3rd Present whelps
Past whelped
Perfect whelped
Progressive whelping
Plural whelps