pupped

Definition of puppednext
past tense of pup

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pupped
Verb
  • When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.
    Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • If ‘Oxen’ occupies a region of Ulysses where Joyce’s exquisite ear for memorably musical sentences (‘Mild fire of wine kindled his veins’) takes a back seat to the leaden hum of meta-literature, that is no reason not to be awed by his chutzpah.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Watson had kindled a social media friendship with the NBA star and received an invite to one of his exclusive pickup runs.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a USA Today editor.
    USA Today staff, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Spike has fathered three other calves at other zoos but none survived, the zoo said.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Nonetheless, none fathered children, meaning Hitler’s bloodline will indeed definitively end after this generation.
    Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.
    Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The property spawned a 2022 anime series on Crunchyroll drawing audiences that are 35% North American, 25% European, and 25% Latin American.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In 2025, the region lost 20,000 jobs, a decline spawned by employment losses of 8,400 in the East Bay, 6,400 in the San Francisco-San Mateo region, and 3,500 in the South Bay.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Retrievers, initially bred for hunting, enjoy hiking and playing fetch, says Joey Morris, animal behaviorist and dog trainer at OverWatch K9 Academy.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Jalen Sundell and Grey Zabel are Super Bowl champions because they were bred by one of the best FCS programs in the country.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Normally, the automaker’s grand tourers’ alphanumeric names jump by twos between generations; the DB7 begat the DB9, which begat the DB11.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026
  • What makes the exhibit work is its new perspective on a loathsome period of world history, one in which the resulting artworks aren’t allowed to suffer just because of the corporate culture that begat them.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Pupped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pupped. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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