plural puppies
1
: a young domestic dog
specifically
: one less than a year old
2
: baby sense 4
a computer that is one fast puppy
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Our dog just had four puppies.
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More puppy raisers are needed to train the golden retriever puppies the organization uses.
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Animal Control Officers with the Harford County Sheriff's Office found three yellow lab puppies abandoned in the woods of Havre de Grace Wednesday.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Yeah, that there’s a guy in a puppy suit walking around set.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Muster Dogs follows six animal farmers from across the country who are each given a puppy from the same litter and then face the task of training them up to be herding dogs in just one year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Animal Control Officers with the Harford County Sheriff's Office found three yellow lab puppies abandoned in the woods of Havre de Grace Wednesday.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Yeah, that there’s a guy in a puppy suit walking around set.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Muster Dogs follows six animal farmers from across the country who are each given a puppy from the same litter and then face the task of training them up to be herding dogs in just one year.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for puppy
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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puppy
noun
pup·py
ˈpəp-ē 
plural puppies
: a young domestic dog
especially
: one less than a year old
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