Whelp

n.	1.
	1.	One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
	2.	A child; a youth; - jocosely or in contempt. That awkward whelp with his money bags would have made his entrance. - Addison.
	3.	(Naut.) 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.
	4.	One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.
v. i.	1.	To bring forth young; - said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey. [imp. & p. p. Whelped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping.]
v. t.	1.	To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to. Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have loved a thing better. - B. Jonson. Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? - Young.

Noun	1.	whelp - young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf Synonyms: pup
Verb	1.	whelp - birth; "the dog whelped" Synonyms: pup

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