pup

Examples

• All

• You're persistent, pup, I'll give you that.

  Seal Team (2021)

• - You young pup!

  Dune (1984)

• How are you, young pup?

  The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

• I was fresh out of college, a young pup with more pimples than common sense.

  Fiction book (1997)

• I knew a feller who went by that name when I was a pup.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Insolent young pup questioning my courage.

  Posse from Hell (1961)

• You young pup!

  Dune: Part Two (2024)

• I went to the Snowflake Ball back when Hector was a pup.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Meanwhile, Flynn and Declan arrive, and they are like, hey, little pup, literally, they call him little pup.

• "She's no more than a pup herself," Daine replied.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

C

child

vspup

• Offensive

∞ 2.8

A person who behaves in a silly or not grown-up way

is about being young and inexperienced rather than general immaturity

B

baby

vspup

• Offensive

487 2.8

A person who behaves in a childish way

is about youth and naivety rather than simple childishness

Y

youngster

vspup

213 1.0

A child or teenager who is not yet an adult

is more negative and connotes naivety and slight condescension

K

kiddie

vspup

• Informal

87 7.7

A young child

is more critical and refers to naive inexperienced youth rather than playful smallness

P

puppy

vspup

• Offensive

70 8.9

A young person who is inexperienced and too confident

is more naive and viewed with mild condescension rather than arrogant

C

cub

vspup

• Archaic

18 5.5

A young person who is new to a job

is a naive youth viewed with mild condescension

Y

young'un

vspup

• Informal

14 9.3

A friendly way to say child or young animal

is more judgmental and stresses inexperience and naivety

Antonyms

V

veteran

153 4.1

Having long experience and skill in a job or activity

E

expert

3 3.5

Very skilled and knowing a lot about a particular area

Idioms

S

since Hector was a pup

• UK

9.9

For a very long time

Compounds

P

pup tent

• Archaic

3 4.7

A small tent shaped like a triangle used for camping or by soldiers

W

wolf pup

1 2.0

A young wolf that stays with its mother for food and protection

M

mucky pup

• Baby Talk

9.3

A child or dog who is dirty and messy said in a friendly way

How Inexperienced

greenhorn

• Informal

7 7.4

pup

• Offensive

28 7.5

rookie

• Informal

276 3.7

novice

46 3.4

beginner

81 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology