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
Examples of puppy in a Sentence
Our dog just had four puppies.
Recent Examples on the Web
Saturday, 8/10 🐶 Super Bien at the Charles River Speedway hosts a puppy meet-and-greet, 2pm-4pm.
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
In this feature film, the world's favorite mystery-solving puppy heads to the Big Apple to pursue her Broadway dreams.
—Megan Vick, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2024
Another puppy, and the father, were inside the truck, which had the windows partially open.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
With a sharp eye for self-promotion and breezy self-confidence, Kirwan transformed himself from an actor holding puppies in pet store ads to one of the UK’s go-to showreel producers.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 July 2024
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
In this feature film, the world's favorite mystery-solving puppy heads to the Big Apple to pursue her Broadway dreams.
—Megan Vick, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2024
Another puppy, and the father, were inside the truck, which had the windows partially open.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
With a sharp eye for self-promotion and breezy self-confidence, Kirwan transformed himself from an actor holding puppies in pet store ads to one of the UK’s go-to showreel producers.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 July 2024
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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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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