Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whelpling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whelpling
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little whelp.

Example Sentences

""[…] For that whelpling Diogenes sought to find a man, carrying round his lamp at midday; but Marcion, having quenched the light of faith, has lost the God whom he had found.""
""Yes, I did," Evia replied, and then licked the top of the whelpling's head."
"[…] to share space with his dog, whom the attendant explained he'd rescued from the road and taken in, likely, according to the corny script I'd begun playing in, so I'd understand I was truly a stray, a whelpling, a pup."

Etymology

From whelp + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: whelp

Inflected Forms

whelplings (plural)

Questions

What does whelpling mean?: A little whelp.
Where does whelpling come from?: From whelp + -ling.

How to pronounce whelpling

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