dogs
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/dɑɡz/
English
Definitions
noun
- A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.“The dog barked all night long.”
- Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
- A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- A dull, unattractive girl or woman.“She’s a real dog.”
verb
- To pursue with the intent to catch.
- To follow in an annoying or harassing way.“The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.”
- To fasten a hatch securely.“It is very important to dog down these hatches...”
- To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.“I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.”
noun
- Meat from a dog eaten as food.“We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time.”
- Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.
- An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.“Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!”
noun
- Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.“My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.”
- (usually with the) A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.“I lost money at the dogs last night.”
- Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.
Related words
Synonyms
Canis canisCanis domesticusCanis familiariscaninedomestic doghoundsirestudblokechapdudefellowguymanclickdetentpawlandiron