dog
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[edit] English
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[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /dɒɡ/, X-SAMPA: /dQg/
- (US) IPA: /dɔɡ/, X-SAMPA: /dOg/
- (US) also IPA: /dɑɡ/, X-SAMPA: /dAg/
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga (“hound, powerful breed of dog”), a pet-form diminutive of Old English *docce ("muscle") (found in compound fingerdocce (“finger-muscle”) with suffix -ga (compare frocga (“frog”), picga (“pig”)), from Proto-Germanic *dukkōn (“power, strength, muscle”). More at dock. In the 16th century, it superseded Old English hund and was adopted by many continental European languages.
[edit] Noun
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, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (a female dog, wolf or fox).
- (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.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
- In the great old-fashioned fireplace behind the high iron dogs a log-fire crackled and snapped.
- A hot dog.
- (poker slang) Underdog
- (slang, almost always in the plural) feet.
- "My dogs are barking!" meaning "My feet hurt!"
[edit] Synonyms
- (scientific names of animal): Canis familiaris, Canis domesticus, Canis familiarus domesticus, Canis canis, Canis aegyptius, Canis familiarus aegyptius, Canis melitaeus, Canis familiarus melitaeus, Canis molossus, Canis familiarus molossus, Canis saultor, Canis familiaris saultor
- (animal): See also Wikisaurus:dog, domestic dog, hound, canine
- (man): See also Wikisaurus: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
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- (animal): Afghan hound, bloodhound, chihuahua, coonhound, dachshund, deerhound, foxhound, gazehound, German shepherd, greyhound, hound, Irish Wolfhound, Norwegian Elkhound, otterhound, pointer, poodle, retriever, Russian Wolfhound, scenthound, setter, sheepdog, shepherd, sighthound, spaniel, staghound, terrier, wolfhound
[edit] Hypernyms
- (animal): canid
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Terms derived from dog (noun)
[edit] Translations
animal
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male dog
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dull, unattractive girl or woman
morally reprehensible person, See also scoundrel
hinged catch — see pawl
metal support for logs — see andiron
[edit] See also
Canis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Canis
Dog on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
[edit] References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
[edit] Verb
dog (third-person singular simple present dogs, present participle dogging, simple past and past participle dogged)
- (transitive) To pursue 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.
- 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, the Guardian:
- But this is not an Athletic that ever looks comfortable at the back – a criticism that has often dogged Marcelo Bielsa's sides.
- (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
- It is very important to dog down these hatches...
- (transitive, 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.
- I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
- (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
- A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
- (intransitive, with up) To position oneself on all fours, after the manner of a dog - probably related to doggy style.
- I'd ask why you're dogged up in the middle of the room, but I probably don't want to know...
[edit] Synonyms
- (to pursue with intent to catch): chase, chase after, go after, pursue, tag, tail, track, trail
- (to restrict one's productivity): soldier, goldbrick
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dog
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[edit] Etymology
From *dwog(a), from *udwoga, from *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.)
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dog
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dog
- past tense of dö.
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From English dog.
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dog
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[edit] Noun
dog (plural dogs)
- (male or female) dog
[edit] Declension
declension of dog
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