different between pup vs puh

English

Etymology

From a shortening of puppy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

pup (plural pups)

1. A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, or shark, or the young of certain other animals.

   The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.

2. A young, inexperienced person.

   The new teacher is a mere pup.

3. Any cute dog, regardless of age.

   My pup likes to run as fast as he can, yet cannot always stop in time!

4. A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer.
5. (horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
6. (film, television) A kind of small spotlight.
   • 1976, A. Arthur Englander, ?Paul Petzold, Filming for Television (page 191)

     For a scene like the Highgate exhumation night sequence suitable equipment would consist of: two brutes on Molevators, three 10 K lights also on Molevators and, for good measure, two 5 Ks, four 2 Ks, two pups (1000 W), two North lights […]

   • 2003, Christopher Neame, Rungs on a Ladder: Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze (page 23)

     Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.

Translations

Verb

pup (third-person singular simple present pups, present participle pupping, simple past and past participle pupped)

1. (intransitive) To give birth to pups.

Translations

See also

• puppy
• pup tent
• sell someone a pup

Anagrams

• Upp

Amanab

Noun

pup

1. broom

Aromanian

Noun

pup m (plural pupi, feminine equivalent pupã)

1. baby, infant

Derived terms

• pupul

Romanian

Etymology 1

Regressively derived from the verb pupa.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi)

1. (informal, familiar, childish) kiss

Synonyms

• s?rut

Derived terms

• pupic

Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly an expressive formation (variant of pop; cf. also coc), or a substratum term (compare Albanian pupë (“bud”)), or less likely linked to (Vulgar) Latin puppa (“teat, nipple”). More likely ultimately from Proto-Slavic *p?p? (compare Serbo-Croatian pup (“bud”)) or Hungarian pup, although this would only explain one of the senses.

Noun

pup m (plural pupi)

(regional, uncommon)

1. bud
2. something rounded or mound-like; hump, hunch; mound
3. morel (mushroom)
4. freckle; mole; birthmark

Synonyms

• (bud): mugur
• (hump, mound): gheb
• (morel): zbârciog
• (freckle; mole): pistrui; aluni??

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?p? (Russian ??? (pup), Polish p?p).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûp/

Noun

p?p m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. bud, burgeon

Declension

References

• “pup” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Volapük

Noun

pup

1. doll, puppet

English

Interjection

puh

1. Alternative form of pugh

Synonyms

• (expressing contempt): feh, pht, pish, poh, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (expressing disgust): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck

Anagrams

• PHU, Phu, UHP, hup

Danish

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.

Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?/, [p?u?]

Interjection

puh!

1. pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
2. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)

Synonyms

• (show disgust): ad, bvadr, føj, puha, puh ha
• (show fatigue): puha, puh ha
• (show relief): puha, puh ha, pyh

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

puh!

1. phew!

Further reading

• “puh” in Duden online

Mapudungun

Noun

puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. night

Portuguese

Interjection

puh

1. yuck (expression of disgust)

   Synonym: eca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?lx?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûx/

Noun

p?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dormouse

Declension