Dog

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Etymology

From Old English docga, of unknown origin, via Middle English dogge.

Pronunciation

• UK: IPA: /dɒg/, SAMPA: /dQg/
• US: IPA: /dɔg/, SAMPA: /dOg/
• US, speakers with ɑ-ɔ merger: IPA: /dɑg/, SAMPA: /dAg/
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A dog (a beagle)

Noun

dog (plural dogs)

1. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man for thousands of years; occurs in many breeds. Scientific name: Canis lupus familiaris.

   The dog barked all night.

2. A male dog, as opposed to a bitch.
3. (derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

   She’s a real dog.

4. ((slang{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) A man.

   You lucky dog!

5. (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.

6. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
7. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

   The dogs were too hot to touch.

8. A hot dog.

Synonyms

• (animal): domestic dog, hound
• (man): bloke (British), chap (British), fellow, guy
• (morally reprehensible person): cad, bounder, blackguard, fool, hound, heel, scoundrel
• (hinged catch): click, detent, pawl
• (metal support for logs): andiron, firedog, dogiron

Related terms

Translations

animal

male dog

dull, unattractive girl or woman

slang: man See guy

morally reprehensible person See scoundrel

hinged catch See pawl

metal support for logs See andiron

Verb

to dog (third-person singular simple present dogs, present participle dogging, simple past dogged, past participle dogged)

1. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To go after with the intent to catch.

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To follow in an annoying way, to constantly be affected by.

1. Trouble dogged his every step.

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((nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To fasten a hatch securely.

1. It is very important to dog down these hatches...

2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

(emerging usage in UK) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place, on the pretence of walking the dog; see also dogging.

1. Someone has admitted to going dogging at his local country park.

Synonyms

• (go after with intent to catch): chase, chase after, go after, pursue, tag, tail, track, trail

Proverbs and idioms

• dog tired
• dog eat dog
• dog's life
• every dog has its day
• go to the dogs
• rain cats and dogs
• hair of the dog
• put on the dog

See also

• bitch
• canine
• cynomorphic
• cynomorphism
• doggy
• flea bag
• hound
• pup, puppy

Anagrams

• god

External links

• Dog breeds

Danish

Conjunction

dog

1. though

Mbabaram

Etymology

Not a borrowing from English, but an independent and regular development from the proto-Australian word *gudaga, thus: Mbabaram dog < *dwog(a) < *udwoga < *gudwaga < proto-Australian *gudaga. Cf. Dyirbal guda, Yidin gudaga.

Noun

dog

1. Dog

Swedish

Verb form

dog

1. (past tense of dö) diedaf:dog

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