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puppy
English
Alternative forms
- puppie (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier puppie, from Middle French poupée (“doll, toy”), from Old French poupee (“a doll; puppet”). More at puppet.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?p?pi/, [?p??pi]
- Rhymes: -?pi
Noun
puppy (plural puppies)
- A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12-18 months)
- A young rat.
- A young seal.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A woman’s breast.
- (informal) A (generic) thing; particularly something that is a nuisance; a sucker.
- (derogatory, dated) A conceited and impertinent person, especially a young man.
- I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm.
Synonyms
- (young dog): dogling, pup, whelp
- (young seal): pup
- (woman’s breast): See also Thesaurus:breast
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
puppy (third-person singular simple present puppies, present participle puppying, simple past and past participle puppied)
- (transitive) To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups.
Synonyms
- pup
- whelp
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mutt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Clipping of muttonhead.
Noun
mutt (plural mutts)
- A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
- Coordinate term: moggy
- (usually derogatory or humourous) A person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
- (chiefly US, slang, derogatory) An idiot, a stupid person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A person from the United States, in reference to sense 2.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Derived terms
- Amerimutt
Translations
See also
- bitsa, bitser
- cur
- Heinz 57
- mongrel
- Mutt and Jeff
Etymology 2
Noun
mutt (plural mutts)
- Alternative form of matha
Estonian
Noun
mutt (genitive muti, partitive mutti)
- mole (the animal)
- (colloquial) hag, elder woman, old woman
Declension
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Northern Sami muottá, genitive and accusative singular of muoddá.
Alternative forms
- mudd (alternative form based on the nominative form of the Samic origin)
Noun
mutt m (definite singular mutten, indefinite plural muttar, definite plural muttane)
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Etymology 2
Adjective
mutt (indefinite singular mutt, definite singular and plural mutte, comparative muttare, indefinite superlative muttast, definite superlative muttaste)
- grumpy
References
- “mutt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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