Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

watchpuppy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: watch-pup-py
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young, small, or insignificant watchdog.

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"The latter power, incidentally, will no doubt be welcome over at the Bank of England which has nurtured the infant City watchpuppy with a very sizable unsecured overdraft and will be looking forward to the first tranche of repayment."
"Brute lay in the boy's lap, a sleeping watchpuppy."
"Consumer watchpuppies by the basketful start yapping, led by legislators seeing a no-lose position to trumpet at election time."

Etymology

From watch + puppy, by analogy with watchdog.

Usage

Inflected Forms

watchpuppies (plural)

Questions

What does watchpuppy mean?: A young, small, or insignificant watchdog.
Where does watchpuppy come from?: From watch + puppy, by analogy with watchdog.

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