characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

A young dog; a pup, A conceited, frivolous, and impertinent man; a silly young fop or coxcomb_ used in contempt, an inexperienced young person, verb_ transitive To bring forth whelps; to pup

Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); -- opposed to anything and something, A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle, A nobody (insignificant person), adverb_ archaic Not at all; in no way, in no respect; to no degree, In no degree; not at all; in no wise, adjective_ Insignificant or worthless, pro An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum, Not any thing; no thing, One of no consequence, significance, or interest