WHELP

noun one of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

2. whelp ·noun a child; a youth;

— jocosely or in contempt.

3. whelp ·vt to bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

4. whelp ·vi to bring forth young;

— said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

5. whelp ·noun one of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

6. whelp ·noun one of the longitudinal ribs or ridges on the barrel of a capstan or a windless;

— usually in the plural; as, the whelps of a windlass.