Home › Words › W › whelpiewhelpiewhelpie means A small whelp, especially a little cub or puppy; a cur.EtymologyFrom whelp + -ie.nounA small whelp, especially a little cub or puppy; a cur.e.g.“Familiars, brownies, water-kelpies, And all the other hellish whelpies; […]” — 1802, William Meston, The Poetical Works of the Ingenious and Learned William Meston, page 37:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).