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Middle English dogge, from Old English docga (“‘hound, powerful breed of dog’”), a pet-form diminutive of Old English -docce 'muscle' (compare fingerdocce 'finger-muscle') with suffix -ga (compare frogga 'frog'), from Proto-Germanic *dukkōn (“‘power, strength, muscle’”). In the 16th century, it superseded Old English hund and was adopted by many continental European languages.
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /dɒg/, SAMPA: /dQg/
- (US) IPA: /dɔg/, SAMPA: /dOg/
- (US, in accents with the cot-caught merger) IPA: /dɑg/, SAMPA: /dAg/
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- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Noun
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Singular dog |
Plural dogs |
dog (plural dogs)
- An animal, member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated for thousands of years; occurs in many breeds. Scientific name: Canis lupus familiaris.
- The dog barked all night long.
- A male dog, as opposed to a bitch (a female dog.)
- (derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- She’s a real dog.
- (slang) A man.
- You lucky dog!
- (slang) A coward
- Come back and fight you dogs!
- (derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.
- You dirty dog.
- 1599 — Robert Greene, Alphonsus, King of Aragon (1599). Act 3.
- Blasphemous dog, I wonder that the earth
- Doth cease from renting vnderneath thy feete,
- To swallow vp those cankred corpes of thine.
- Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
- "A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl." (See also: ratchet, windlass)
- 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v2 p1700.
- A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
- The dogs were too hot to touch.
- A hot dog.
- (poker) Underdog
Synonyms
- (previous scientific names): Canis familiaris, Canis domesticus, Canis familiaris
- (animal): domestic dog, hound, canine
- (man): bloke (British), chap (British), dude, fellow, guy, man
- (morally reprehensible person): cad, bounder, blackguard, fool, hound, heel, scoundrel
- (mechanical device): click, detent, pawl
- (metal support for logs): andiron, firedog, dogiron
- See also Wikisaurus:dog
- See also Wikisaurus:man
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from dogSee also
- Canis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Canis
- Dog on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
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Infinitive to dog |
Third person singular dogs |
Simple past dogged |
Past participle dogged |
Present participle dogging |
to dog (third-person singular simple present dogs, present participle dogging, simple past and past participle dogged)
- (transitive) To go after with the intent to catch.
- (transitive) To follow in an annoying way, to constantly be affected by.
- The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- It is very important to dog down these hatches...
- (transitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place, on the pretence of walking the dog; see also dogging.
- I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
- (transitive) To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. (Often takes it as object.) Has also been called soldiering or goldbricking.
- A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
Synonyms
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Usage notes
Sometimes "dog" is used in a jocular sense to mean "not god", as in "dog is my co-pilot"
Anagrams
Danish
Conjunction
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Mbabaram
Etymology
From *dwog(a) < *udwoga < *gudwaga, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *gudaga. Related to Dyirbal guda, Yidiny gudaga. (Note that, despite the similarities, this word is not related to English dog.)
Noun
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Swedish
Verb
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Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English dog.
Noun
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