Crossword-Solution: WHELP
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Whelp | n. | One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. |
| Whelp | n. | A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt. |
| Whelp | n. | One of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass. |
| Whelp | n. | One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel. |
| Whelp | v. i. | To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey. |
| Whelp | v. t. | To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with WHELP (5)
The Blind Man and the Whelp A BLIND MAN was accustomed to distinguishing different animals by touching them with his hands.
Clear out with you!--you've been guilty of a great crime, you whelp!' I slid out, happy with the sense of a close shave and a mighty deliverance; and I heard him laughing to himself and slapping his fat thighs after I had closed his door.
For a long time the cries of that nameless female thing, as she struggled with her half-witted whelp, resounded through the house, and pierced me with despairing sorrow and disgust.
Take a fat sucking mastiff whelp, flay and bowel him, stuff the body full of black and grey snails, roast a reasonable time, and baste with oil of spikenard, saffron, cinnamon, and honey, anoint with the dripping, working it in——” “Yes, Bucklaw; but in the mean while, before the sprain is cured, nay, before the whelp is roasted, you will be caught and hung.
The blessing of Judah and Issachar will never meet; that the same people, or nation, should be both the lion's whelp and the ass between burthens; neither will it be, that a people overlaid with taxes, should ever become valiant and martial.
Quotes with WHELP (2)
... Dickey Perrott, you Jago whelp, look at them - look hard. Some day if you are clever - cleverer than anyone in the Jago right now - if you're only scoundrel enough, and brazen enough, and lucky enough - one of a thousand - maybe you'll be like them: bursting with high living, drunk when you like, red and pimply. There it is - that's your aim in life - there's your pattern. Learn to read and write, learn all you can, learn cunning, spare nobody and stop at nothing, and per…
My mom gave me enough self-worth to carry me through difficult experiences. She was very loving and accepting. She was like, 'Whelp, you're gay? OK, cool.'
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 45 times in crossword archives (1973–2021).