dog

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See also DOG, and dög

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[edit] English

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A dog (a Labrador)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English dogge, from Old English docga "hound", pet-form of unknown origin. In the 16th century, it superseded Old English hund and was adopted by many continental languages, but its precise origin is one of the greatest unknowns of etymology.

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Singular
dog

Plural
dogs

dog (plural dogs)

  1. An animal, 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 long.
  2. A male dog, as opposed to a bitch (a female dog.)
  3. (derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
    She’s a real dog.
  4. (slang) A man.
    You lucky dog!
  5. (slang) A coward
    Come back and fight you dogs!
  6. (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.
  7. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
  8. "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.
  9. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
    The dogs were too hot to touch.
  10. A hot dog.
  11. (poker slang) Underdog

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animal
male dog
dull, unattractive girl or woman
slang: man; see guy — see guy
morally reprehensible person, See also scoundrel
hinged catch — see pawl
metal support for logs — see andiron

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Wikispecies-logo-en.png Canis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Canis

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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)

  1. (transitive) To go after with the intent to catch.
  2. (transitive) To follow in an annoying way, to constantly be affected by.
    The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
  3. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
    It is very important to dog down these hatches...
  4. (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.

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Sometimes "dog" is used in a jocular sense to mean "not god", as in "dog is my co-pilot"

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dog

  1. though

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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.)

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dog

  1. dog

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dog

  1. (past tense of dö) died

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From English dog.

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dog

  1. dog
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