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   dog

   /dɒɡ/

   noun

   • 1. a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice. Similar caninehoundmongrelcurtykebitchpuppuppywhelpinformal:doggypoochmuttpupperdoggoman's best friendRoverFidoinformal:mongbitzer
   • ▪ a wild animal of the dog family.
   • ▪ the male of an animal of the dog family, or of some other mammals such as the otter: "a dog fox"
   • ▪ greyhound racing: informal British "a night at the dogs"
   • 2. an unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked man: derogatory "he was interrupted by cries of ‘dirty dog!’" Similar scoundrelroguevillaincurwretchreprobategood-for-nothinginformal:beastpigratcreeplousesnakesnake in the grassskunkweasellowlifescumbagheelstinkerstinkpotbad lotnasty piece of workson of a bitchSOBscroteblighterspalpeenrat finkfinkderogatory:bastarddirty dogderogatory, informal:swineinformal, dated:rotterboundervulgar slang:shitdated:cadarchaic:blackguarddastardknavevarletvagabond
   • ▪ used to refer to a person of a specified kind in a tone of playful reprimand, commiseration, or congratulation: informal "your historian is a dull dog" Similar fellowthingindividualsoulcharactercreaturewretchbeggarpersonmanwomaninformal:fellaguydevilbunnybastardcritterchapblokeboddudehombregaldameinformal, dated:bodycovevulgar slang:buggersodarchaic:wight
   • ▪ used to refer to someone who is abject or miserable, especially because they have been treated harshly: "I make him work like a dog"
   • ▪ an unattractive woman. offensive
   • ▪ an informer or traitor: derogatory Australian, New Zealand "one day she's going to turn dog on you"
   • ▪ a thing of poor quality: derogatory "a dog of a film"
   • ▪ a horse that is slow or difficult to handle. derogatory
   • 3. used in names of dogfishes, e.g. sandy dog, spur-dog.
   • 4. a mechanical device for gripping.
   • 5. feet. informal North American
   • 6. barriers used to keep horses off a particular part of the track. US

   verb

   • 1. follow (someone) closely and persistently: "photographers seemed to dog her every step"
   • ▪ (of a problem) cause continual trouble for: "the twenty-nine-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy"
   • 2. act lazily; fail to try one's hardest: informal North American "Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little"
   • 3. grip (something) with a mechanical device: "she has dogged the door shut"

   Word Origin Old Englishdocga, of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. doglike adjective

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