Whelp /(?)/

1. One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.
2. A child; a youth; -- jocosely or in contempt.

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

3. 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. (Naut.)
4. One of the teeth of a sprocket wheel.

imp. & p. p. Whelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelping

1. To bring forth young; -- said of the female of the dog and some beasts of prey.

1. 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.

   Did thy foul fancy whelp so black a scheme?