dawg

See also: DAWG

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔːɡ/
• IPA^(key): /dɑːɡ/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɡ

Noun

dawg (plural dawgs)

1. Eye dialect spelling of dog.

   That dawg won't hunt.

2. (slang) Dude, bud, pal, used to address a close male friend.

   Sup, dawg.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:friend

Translations

slang: dude, bud, pal

• Finnish: (slang) jäbä (fi)
• Portuguese: bicho (pt) (slang), mano (pt) (slang)
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• Russian: чува́к (ru) m (čuvák) (slang), ко́реш (ru) m (kóreš), брата́н (ru) m (bratán)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the cot-caught merger in various English dialects

Usage notes

Using this spelling of dog emphasizes dialect and should only be done if this is explicitly intended (or if one is trying to distinguish meaning, such as between the term of address and the animal). Every example above could also be written with dog, de-emphasizing dialect.

Anagrams

• Gawd, gawd