pup (noun)  =

(a)  an inexperienced young person in a job or profession

(b)  {‘puppis’ but in short ‘pup’} a constellation (= an imaginary shape formed in a group of stars in the sky)

PUP — as an acronym  (= a new word made from the first letters of each word of a group words, e.g. “WHO” = World Health Organisation)

(c)  Potentially Unwanted Program – a kind of software program in computer science,

(d)  People’s United Party of the country Belize

(e)  Party of Unity and Progress of the country Guinea

(f)  Progressive Unionist Party & Protestant Unionist Party of Northern Ireland

a pup tent

2.

pup tent  =

(a)  a small tent used for temporary shelter outdoors

(b)  a music album made by a pop group called ‘Luna’

3.

as friendly as a puppy

4.

to buy a pup  =  (of a person) to be cheated or swindled by somebody else

5.

to sell a pup  =  to cheat or defraud someone by selling a faulty or low quality thing or article

6.

‘the night is a pup’ [said to mean that it is early yet, usually when people are outing or at an evening party]