Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whelp \Whelp\, n. [AS. hwelp; akin to D. welp, G. & OHG. welf,
   Icel. hvelpr, Dan. hvalp, Sw. valp.]
   1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a
      cub; as, a lion's whelps. ``A bear robbed of her whelps.''
      --2 Sam. xvii. 8.

   2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

            That awkward whelp with his money bags would have
            made his entrance.                    --Addison.

   3. (Naut.) 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.

   4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

Whelp \Whelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Whelping}.]
   To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and
   some beasts of prey.

Whelp \Whelp\, v. t.
   To bring forth, as cubs or young; to give birth to.

         Unless she had whelped it herself, she could not have
         loved a thing better.                    --B. Jonson.

         Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme? --Young.

Source : WordNet®

whelp
     n : young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf [syn:
         {pup}]
     v : birth; "the dog whelped" [syn: {pup}]