[{"word":"whelps","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An insolent youth; a mere child.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A kind of ship.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The bitch whelped."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelps"]}]