underdog

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From under + dog.

[edit] Noun

underdog (plural underdogs)

  1. A competitor thought unlikely to win.
    • 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
      In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians (the Canadians!)
  2. Somebody at a disadvantage.
  3. A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

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[edit] Translations

competitor thought unlikely to win
somebody at a disadvantage
  • Chinese:
    Simplified: 弱者; 处于劣势的人;

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