dog

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See also DOG, and dög

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English [edit]

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A dog (a Labrador retriever)

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Etymology [edit]

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”)). The true origin is unknown, but one possibility is from Proto-Germanic *dukkōn (“power, strength, muscle”), though this may just be confusion with dock. In the 16th century, it superseded Old English hund and was adopted by many continental European languages.[1]

Noun [edit]

dog (plural dogs)

  1. A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, of the genus Canis that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
    The dog barked all night long.
  2. A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (a female dog, wolf or fox).
  3. (derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
    She’s a real dog.
  4. (slang) A man.
    You lucky dog!
  5. (slang, derogatory) 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. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) 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)
  9. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
    The dogs were too hot to touch.
  10. A hot dog.
  11. (poker slang) Underdog
  12. (slang, almost always in the plural) feet.
    "My dogs are barking!" meaning "My feet hurt!"

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Terms derived from dog (noun)

Translations [edit]

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

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

  1. (transitive) To pursue 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.
    • 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 86: 
      Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
    • 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.
  3. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
    It is very important to dog down these hatches...
  4. (intransitive, 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.
  5. (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.
  6. (intransitive, with up) To position oneself on all fours, after the manner of a dog.
    I'd ask why you're dogged up in the middle of the room, but I probably don't want to know...

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  1. ^ “dog” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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Conjunction [edit]

dog

  1. though

Mbabaram [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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.)[1]

Noun [edit]

dog

  1. dog

References [edit]

  1. ^ Language Hat, excerpting Dixon's Memoirs of a Field Worker

Swedish [edit]

Verb [edit]

dog

  1. past tense of dö.

Torres Strait Creole [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English dog.

Noun [edit]

dog

  1. dog

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Noun [edit]

dog (plural dogs)

  1. (male or female) dog

Declension [edit]

declension of dog
singular plural
nominative dog dogs
genitive doga dogas
dative doge doges
accusative dogi dogis
predicative dogu dogus
vocative o dog! o dogs!

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