how to pronounce pup

/pʌp/

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pup is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pup in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… bring a pup or be breeding lots of pups …”

meaning of pup

A pup is a young dog.

pup frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pup occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pup can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pup can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;