Associations to the word «Whelp»

WHELP, noun. A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.

WHELP, noun. (derogatory) An insolent youth; a mere child.

WHELP, noun. (obsolete) A kind of ship.

WHELP, noun. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.

WHELP, noun. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket, def. 2; cog, def. 1).

WHELP, verb. (ambitransitive) (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.

WHELP, noun. Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf.

WHELP, verb. Birth; "the dog whelped".