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noun

a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.

any carnivore of the dog family Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears.
the male of such an animal.

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Idioms about dog

dog it, Informal.

to shirk one’s responsibility; loaf on the job.
to retreat, flee, renege, etc.: Her sponsor dogged it when she needed him most.

go to the dogs, Informal. to deteriorate; degenerate morally or physically: This neighborhood is going to the dogs.

lead a dog’s life, to have an unhappy or harassed existence: He complains that he led a dog’s life in the army.

let sleeping dogs lie, to refrain from action that would alter an existing situation for fear of causing greater problems or complexities.

put on the dog, Informal. to assume an attitude of wealth or importance; put on airs.

throw (someone or something) to the wolves / dogs, Informal. wolf (def. 13).

Origin of dog

First recorded before 1050; from Middle English dogge, from Old English docga; further origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM dog

dog·less, adjectivedog·like, adjective

Words nearby dog

doeth, dof, doff, doffer, do for, dog, dog and bone, dog and pony show, dog ape, dogbane, dogbane family

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Where does the word dog come from?

How did man’s best friend fetch the name dog? This is actually one of English’s toughest headscratchers.

While dog is an extremely common word, its origin hounds us. Until around the 1500s, the go-to term for dog, was hund, which developed into hound. Fun fact: the Latin word for dog, canis, is the origin of the word canine and is, in fact, etymologically related to hound.

But scholars can’t quite put their paws on where the word dog came from. All we know is that it comes from the rare Old English word docga. But where did this word dog come from? Theories have been offered, but etymologists are left chasing their tails. As it happens, the Spanish word for dog, perro, is also of obscure origin.

So, we guess we’ll let this sleeping dog lie for now.

Dog isn’t alone: it finds lots of company in other English words that seem simple but whose origins are not. Discover more in our slideshow “‘Dog,’ ‘Boy,’ And Other Words That We Don’t Know Where They Came From.”

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There is a good reason that a dog is considered man’s best friend: it’s believed humans domesticated dogs over 10,000 years ago and have been part of our lives ever since. Dogs split off from their genetic cousins, wolves, tens of thousands of years ago, but you can see that some dogs have kept the family resemblance. The word dog is a collective name for the species Canis familiaris, of which there are nearly 200 breeds that range from dalmatians to pugs.

There are also numerous, metaphorical ways you can use the English word dog. It can be used to describe a regular person (a lucky dog), a loathsome man (a dirty dog), or even your feet (my dogs are sore). There are plenty more idioms and other expressions that use dog, such as you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, or that reference the behavior of dogs as in bite the hand that feeds you.

Words related to dog

pup, puppy, haunt, hound, plague, shadow, bitch, cur, doggy, mongrel, mutt, pooch, stray, tyke, pursue, tag, tail, track, trail, trouble

How to use dog in a sentence

One step at a time, clumsily restraining an overexcited dog, we lowered ourselves into the valley.
“Susan even asked if she could bring pet food for our dog, when she heard him barking through the door,” she added.
Some people walk dogs out of love, or duty, or because their parents make them.
I take my dog on hikes and when the world isn’t in shambles, I love traveling.

As I walked the dog the other morning, I tried to remember the last time My Lovely Wife and I overslept and didn’t get the trash out in time.
Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
Up till then I was just a dog-assed heavy, one of the posse.
Hangover Rx: “The old ‘hair of the dog’ is pretty much just a myth,” says White.
His latest book is a short story collection, Even a Street Dog: Las Vegas Stories.
And just last May Glee aired “Old Dog, New Trick,” the first episode scripted by Colfer.
A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side.
At the word of command, the dog crouched down, his whole body quivering with excitement.

British Dictionary definitions for dog

noun

a domesticated canine mammal, Canis familiaris, occurring in many breeds that show a great variety in size and form
(as modifier)dog biscuit

any other carnivore of the family Canidae, such as the dingo and coyote
(as modifier)the dog family Related adjective: canine

the male of animals of the dog family
(as modifier)a dog fox

(modifier)

spurious, inferior, or uselessdog Latin
(in combination)dogberry

a mechanical device for gripping or holding, esp one of the axial slots by which gear wheels or shafts are engaged to transmit torque

informal a fellow; chapyou lucky dog

informal a man or boy regarded as unpleasant, contemptible, or wretched

US informal a male friend: used as a term of address

slang an unattractive or boring girl or woman

US and Canadian informal something unsatisfactory or inferior

a dog’s chance no chance at all

a dog’s dinner or a dog’s breakfast informal something that is messy or bungled

a dog’s life a wretched existence

dog eat dog ruthless competition or self-interest

like a dog’s dinner informal dressed smartly or ostentatiously

put on the dog US and Canadian informal to behave or dress in an ostentatious or showy manner

verb dogs, dogging or dogged (tr)

to pursue or follow after like a dog

to trouble; plagueto be dogged by ill health

to chase with a dog or dogs

to grip, hold, or secure by a mechanical device

adverb

(usually in combination) thoroughly; utterlydog-tired

Derived forms of dog

doglike, adjective

Word Origin for dog

Old English docga, of obscure origin

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Other Idioms and Phrases with dog

In addition to the idioms beginning with dog

dog days
dog eat dog
dog in the manger
dog it

also see:

coon’s (dog’s) age
every dog has its day
go to pot (the dogs)
hair of the dog
hot dog
in the doghouse
let sleeping dogs lie
put on the dog
rain cats and dogs
see a man about a dog
shaggy dog story
sick as a dog
tail wagging the dog
teach an old dog new tricks
throw to the wolves (dogs)
top banana (dog)

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English[edit]

A dog (a Labrador retriever)

Alternative forms[edit]

darg, dawg, dug (dialectal)
doggie, doggy (childish)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒɡ/
(«a dog»)
(US) enPR: dôg, IPA^(key): /dɔɡ/
(cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɑɡ/
Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English dogge^[1] (whence also Scots dug (“dog”)), from Old English dogga, docga,^[2]^[3] of uncertain origin.

The original meaning seems to have been a common dog, as opposed to a well-bred one, or something like ‘cur’, and perhaps later came to be used for stocky dogs. Possibly a pet-form diminutive with suffix -ga (compare frocga (“frog”), *picga (“pig”)), appended to a base *dog-, *doc- of unclear origin and meaning. One possibility is Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”) (compare frocga from frox).^[4] Another proposal is that it derives from Proto-West Germanic *dugan (“to be suitable”), the origin of Old English dugan (“to be good, worthy, useful”), English dow, German taugen. The theory goes that it could have been an epithet for dogs, commonly used by children, meaning «good/useful animal.»^[5]. Another is that it is related to *docce (“stock, muscle”), from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā (“round mass, ball, muscle, doll”), whence English dock (“stumpy tail”).

In 14th-century England, hound (from Old English hund) was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog.^[6] By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.^[7] In the 16th century, the word dog was adopted by several continental European languages as their word for mastiff.^[8]

Noun[edit]

dog (plural dogs)

A mammal of the family Canidae:
1. The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.
  - 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    
    The preposterous altruism too! […] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
  - 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[4]:
    
    When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […] . The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
  The dog barked all night long.
2. Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
  - 1989, John L. Gittleman, Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, page 561:
    
    This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus and Borophagus), a large bone-crushing hunting dog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorous dog (Carpocyon).
3. (often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
  - 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, page 149:
    
    Firstly, he was there to encourage and assist the hounds (a scratch pack – mostly dog-hounds drafted from fox-hound kennels because they were over-sized) […].
The meat of this animal, eaten as food:

Did you know that in South Korea, they eat dog?
A person:
1. (slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
  
  She’s a real dog.
2. (slang) A man, guy, chap.
  
  You lucky dog!
3. (derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.
  
  Come back and fight, you dogs!
  
  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.
  - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 8:13, column 1:
    
    And Hazael ſaid, But what, is thy ſeruant a dogge, that he ſhould doe this great thing?
  - 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
    
    [A]t last Mahomed’s stood straight up upon its vertebræ, and glared at me through its empty eyeholes, and cursed me with its grinning jaws, because I, a dog of a Christian, disturbed the last sleep of a true believer.
4. (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
  - 2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎^[5], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG):
    
    DJ Paul is a dog; one you do not trust.
A mechanical device or support:
1. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
  - 2009, ForestWorks, Chainsaw Operator’s Manual, page 41:
    
    Whenever possible, let the tree support the weight of the chainsaw. Pivot the saw, using the saw’s dogs (spikes) as a fulcrum.
3. A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
  
  Synonyms: click, pallet, pawl, ratchet
4. 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.
(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.
- 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[6]:
  
  Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy’s, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]
(poker slang) Underdog.
(slang, almost always in the plural) Foot.

My dogs are barking! ― My feet hurt!
(Cockney rhyming slang) (from «dog and bone») Phone or mobile phone.

My dog is dead.

My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function.
One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
(informal) Something that performs poorly.
- 1885, Robert H. Codrington, The Melanesian Languages (page 143)
  
  He gives his dog-Mota or dog-Fiji in exchange for Pigeon English.
That modification turned his Dodge hemi into a dog.
1. (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.
  - 1969, Ski (volume 34, number 4, page 121)
    
    Blue was released, and as Redford had predicted, it was a dog.
  - 2012, Ronald L. Davis, Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne
    
    «When The Alamo was coming out, the word of mouth on it was that it was a dog,» Chase said.

Synonyms[edit]

(animal): taxonomic names: 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): domestic dog, hound, canine; see also Thesaurus:dog
(male): stud, sire
(man): bloke (British), chap (British), dude, fellow, guy, man; see also Thesaurus:man
(morally reprehensible person): cad, bounder, blackguard, fool, hound, heel, scoundrel
(mechanical device): click, detent, pawl
(metal support for logs): andiron, fire dog, dogiron

Hypernyms[edit]

(animal): canid

Hyponyms[edit]

(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

Coordinate terms[edit]

(male adult dog): bitch, pup, puppy

Derived terms[edit]

a hit dog will holler
aid dog
alpha dog
Alsatian dog
an old dog for a hard road
and your little dog too
arson dog
as sick as a dog
assistance dog
attack dog
avalanche dog
badger dog
bait dog
barking dogs never bite, barking dogs seldom bite
bench dog
Bernese mountain dog
beware of dog
beware of the dog
Big Dog
big dog of the tanyard
bird dog, bird-dog
black dog
bottom dog
bulldog
bush dog
buy a dog and bark oneself
cadaver dog
call off the dogs
Canaan dog
Carolina dog
cash-sniffing dog
cat-and-dog, cat and dog
cats and dogs
cattle dog
cheese dog
Chicago dog
chili dog, chilli dog
choke-dog
Chongqing dog
clever old dog
companion dog
corn dog
corndog
coy dog
cunning dog
curtail dog
dagwood dog
Danish dog
designer dog
detection dog
devil dog
diner’s dog
dirty dog
dog act
dog and bone
dog and cat
dog and maggot
dog and pony show
dog around
dog ass
dog attack
dog bag
dog basket
dog bed
dog biscuit
dog bone
dog book
dog bread
dog cart, dog-cart
dog chew
dog collar
dog coupling
dog crate
dog curtain
dog daisy
dog dander
dog dandruff
dog day
dog days
dog dirt
dog doctor
dog door
dog eared
dog eat dog, dog-eat-dog
dog fight
dog flap
dog flea
dog flu
dog fly
dog fouling
dog fox
dog fur
dog grass
dog guide
dog hair
dog handler
dog heavy
dog hook
dog house
dog hunter
dog hutch
dog in the hunt
dog in the manger, dog-in-the-manger
dog influenza
dog it
dog killer
dog Latin, Dog Latin
dog lead, dog-lead
dog leash, dog-leash
dog minder
dog minding
dog musher
dog my cats
dog nail
dog officer
dog out
dog park
dog parsley
dog poo
dog poop
dog pound
dog racing
dog robber
dog roll
dog rope
dog rose
dog rough
dog run
dog salmon
dog scooter
dog screw
dog shot
dog sit, dog-sit
dog sledge
dog sleep
dog slow
dog soldier
dog somebody’s steps
Dog Star
dog station
dog tag
dog tapeworm
dog tax
dog team
dog tent
dog that caught the car
dog tick
dog town
dog trick
dog tucker
dog vomit slime mold
dog walk, dogwalk
dog warden
dog wheat
dog whelk
dog whisperer
dog whistle, dog-whistle
dog work
dog world
dog year
dog-and-pony show
dog-ape, dog ape
dog-bee
dog-belt
dog-bludgeoner
dog-brier
dog-cheap
dog-cherry
dog-child
dog-day
dog-doo
dog-end
dog-faced baboon
dog-fox
dog-friendly
dog-headed
dog-hearted
dog-laurel
dog-nose
dog-nosed
dog-shot
dog-stone
dog-tired, dog tired
dog-violet, dog violet
dog-watch, dog watch
dog-weary
dogbane
dogberry
Dogberry
dogberryism, Dogberryism
dogcatcher, dog-catcher
dogcatching
dogcheap
dogdom
dogear, dog-ear, dog ear
dogette
dogface
dogfight
dogfish
dogfood, dog-food, dog food
dogfought
Dogg
dogged
dogger
doggerel
doggery
doggie
doggish
doggo
doggone
doggoned
doggrel
doggy
doggy dog
doghead
doghood
doghouse
dogiron
dogitude
dogleg
dogless
doglike
dogling
dogly
dogman, dog man
dognap
dognaper, dognapper
dognapping
dognaps
dogness
dogpaddle, dog-paddle, dog paddle
dogpile, dog-pile, dog pile
dogpoor
dogrel
dogs
dog’s breakfast
dog’s chance
dog’s dinner
dog’s dirt
dogs have masters, cats have staff
dog’s letter
dog’s life
dog’s mercury
dog’s mess
dog’s muck
dogs of war
dogs-bane
dog’s-ear
dog’s-tail
dog’s-tongue
dog’s-tooth
dogsbody
dogshit, dog shit
dogshore
dogsitter
dogsitting
dogsled
dogsledder
dogsledding
dogspeak
dogspike, dog spike
dogtooth, dog-tooth, dog tooth
dogtrot
dogvane
dogwalker, dog-walker, dog walker
dogwalking, dog-walking, dog walking
dogwash
dogwatch
dogwhip, dog-whip
dogwood
don’t keep a dog and bark yourself
dope dog
double-dog dare, double-dog-dare, double dog dare
down dog
downward dog
downward-facing dog
drug dog
Dulux dog
earth dog
every dog has his day
every dog has its day
every dog must have his day
every dog must have its day
everybody and his dog, everybody and their dog, everyone and his dog, everyone and their dog
feed dog
feist dog
fice dog
fight like cat and dog
fire dogs
firedog, fire dog
fit as a butcher’s dog
flat dog
flip dog
fogdog
foo dog, fu dog
fuck the dog
Fuegian dog
gag a dog off a gut wagon
gay dog
give a dog a bad name
go to the dogs
Goyet dog
Greater Dog
guarddog, guard-dog, guard dog
guide dog
gun dog
gutter dog
hair of the dog
hair of the dog that bit one
Hallstrom’s dog
hang dog, hang-dog
have a dog and bark oneself
have a dog in the fight
hearing dog
hearing-ear dog
helper dog
herding dog
hop dog
horn dog, horn-dog
hot diggety dog, hot diggity dog
hotdog, hot-dog, hot dog
hotdogged, hot-dogged, hot dogged
hotdogger, hot-dogger
hotdoggery
hound dog
house dog
hunting dog
hyena dog
Iceland dog
idle as Ludlam’s dog
if you lie with dogs you will get fleas
in a dog’s age
in the dog box
in the doghouse
Isle of Dogs
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
it’s the hit dog that howls
Jeju dog
junkyard dog
junkyard-dog
kaffir dog
kangaroo dog
keep a dog and bark oneself
kick a dog when it’s down
knock a dog off a gut wagon
lapdog, lap-dog, lap dog
lazy as Ludlam’s dog
lazy dog
lead dog
let sleeping dogs lie, let the sleeping dogs lie
let the dog see the rabbit
lie doggo
lie like a dog
like a dog in heat
like a dog on heat
like a dog with a bone
like a dog with two tails
like a scalded dog
lion dog
little dog syndrome
log dog
look for a dog to kick
lucky dog
mad dog, mad-dog
man bites dog
miller’s dog
moon dog
New Guinea singing dog
not dog
not enough to hang a dog on
on the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog
one man and a dog, one man and his dog
one-dog night
painted dog
pariah dog
pelt of the dog
penny dog
pi-dog
pie-dog, pye-dog
pig dog
plum pudding dog
polar dog
police dog
pour cats and dogs, pour dogs and cats
prairie dog
pug dog, pug-dog
Pungsan dog
puppy dog, puppy-dog
put on the dog, put on dog
raccoon dog
raft dog
rain cats and dogs, rain dogs and cats, rain like cats and dogs
rat dog
raw dog
red dog
rescue dog
river dog
roundabout dog
running dog
salty dog
sausage dog
seadog, sea dog, sea-dog
see a man about a dog
seeing eye dog
seeing-eye dog
seizure dog
service dog
setting dog
shaggy dog story, shaggy-dog story
she-dog
sheepdog, sheep dog
shelter dog
shepherd dog
short-eared dog
show dog
sick as a dog
singing dog
skittle-dog
sled dog
sleep like a dog
sleuth dog, sleuth-dog
sling dog
sly dog
small dog syndrome
sniffer dog
snowdog
sod a dog
spotted dog
stink a dog off a gut wagon
storm cats and dogs
stray dog
Sulimov dog
sundog, sun dog
support dog
swing dog
tail wagging the dog
teacup dog
that dog don’t run
that dog won’t hunt
that old dog won’t hunt
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
the whole world and his dog
there’s life in the old dog yet
three-dog night
throw to the dogs
tin dog
tinned dog
too much pudding will choke a dog
top dog
toy dog
triple dog dare
try it on the dog
try it out on the dog
turnspit dog
two men and a dog
underdog
until the last dog is hung
upward-facing dog
veggiedog, veggie dog
Velcro dog
wag the dog
walk the dog
war dog
waterdog, water dog
weiner dog, wiener dog
wheel dog
why keep a dog and bark yourself
wild dog
wolf dog
work dog
work like a dog
working dog
Yaghan dog
yallar dog, yaller dog
yard dog
yellow dog
you can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Descendants[edit]

Bislama: dog
Sranan Tongo: dagu
Tok Pisin: dok

→ American Sign Language: Kop@Inside-PalmForward 1o@Inside
→ Dutch: dog
→ Esperanto: dogo
→ French: dogue
→ German: Dogge
→ Ido: dogo
→ Kriol: dog
→ Portuguese: dogue
→ Russian: дог (dog)
→ Spanish: dogo
→ Volapük: dog, doeg

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.

Synonyms: chase, chase after, go after, pursue, tag, tail, track, trail
(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
  
  […] they were discovered in a very improper manner by the husband of the gypsy, who, from jealousy it seems, had kept a watchful eye over his wife, and had dogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant.
- 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist‎^[7], 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”, in the Guardian‎^[8]:
  
  But this is not an Athletic that ever looks comfortable at the back – a criticism that has often dogged Marcelo Bielsa’s sides.
- 2021 June 21, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Executives See Cracks in Their Company’s Success”, in The New York Times‎^[9], →ISSN:
  
  Yet Google, which was founded in 1998, is dogged by the perception that its best days are behind it.
(transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

It is very important to dog down these hatches.
(intransitive, emerging usage in Britain) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 118:
  
  Lightning [is a] burst of charged particles that lights up the sky and allows onlookers to see who’s dogging in the bushes without using a flashlight.
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.

Synonyms: soldier, goldbrick

A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
(transitive) To criticize.
(transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.
- 1902, Winfield Scott Schley, Record of Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry
  
  A. We never stood 4 to 8 p.m. watches, sir. We dogged our watches.
  Q. I suppose that is 6 to 8 p.m., then; it is a little indistinct. I mean the second dog watch.
- 2015, Tom Vetter, 30,000 Leagues Undersea
  
  Meanwhile, we dogged the watch sections so that both halves of the crew could fetch full sea bags of uniforms and gear […]

Derived terms[edit]

all dogged up

Translations[edit]

to pursue with the intent to catch

to follow in an annoying way

to fasten a hatch securely

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of dogshit.

Adjective[edit]

dog (not comparable)

(slang) Of inferior quality; dogshit.

References[edit]

^ Hans Kurath, Sherman M. Kuhn, Middle English Dictionary (1962, →ISBN), page 4, page 1204
^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “docga”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
^ Laurel Brinton, Alexander Bergs, Old English (2017, →ISBN), page 59: «In addition, the velar [ɡɡ] and palatal [ɡɡj] geminates could be written as <gg> or <cg>, as in <dogga> ~ <docga> …»; Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, The Cambridge History of the English Language (1992, →ISBN), volume 1, age 91 says much the same.
^ Piotr Gąsiorowski, 2006. The Etymology of Old English *docga. Indogermanische Forschungen, 111.
^ [1]
^ [2]
^ [3]
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “dog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

God, god

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch docht.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɔχ/

Verb[edit]

dog

Alternative form of dag (preterite of dink)

Bislama[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog. Cognate with Tok Pisin dok.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdoɡ/
Hyphenation: dog

Noun[edit]

dog

References[edit]

Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 37

Chinese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English dog, which is translation of 狗 (gau2, “dog”), which is a homophone of 九 (gau2, “nine”), which is a euphemism of 鳩／鸠 (gau1, “fucking; stupid”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Cantonese (Jyutping): dok¹, gau²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dok¹, gau²
  - Yale: dōk, gáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dok⁷, gau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dog¹, geo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːk̚⁵/, /kɐu̯³⁵/

Noun[edit]

dog

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak, euphemistic) Alternative form of 鳩／鸠 (gau1).

Adjective[edit]

dog

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak, euphemistic) Alternative form of 鳩／鸠 (gau1).

Derived terms[edit]

on dog
on dog dog

Etymology 2[edit]

From English dog.

Pronunciation[edit]

Cantonese (Jyutping): dok¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dok¹
  - Yale: dōk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dok⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: dog¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːk̚⁵/

Noun[edit]

dog

(Hong Kong Cantonese) The name of the Latin-script letter D.

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Danish dogh, which was borrowed from Middle Low German doch, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þauh.

Adverb[edit]

dog

however

Det er dog ikke sikkert, at de taler sandt.

It is, however, not certain that they are telling the truth.
Conveying impressedness, emotional affectation, bewilderment.

Hvor er den hund dog nuttet!

How cute that dog is!

Sikke dramatisk du dog kan fremstille sagen!

How dramatically you can present the matter!

Conjunction[edit]

dog

though

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English dog. Attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɔx/
Hyphenation: dog
Rhymes: -ɔx
Homophone: doch

Noun[edit]

dog m (plural doggen, diminutive dogje n)

A large dog, especially one of certain breeds.

Derived terms[edit]

Deense dog

Kriol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Noun[edit]

dog

Mbabaram[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *dwog(a), from *udwoga, from *gudwaga, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *gudaga. Related to Dyirbal guda, Yidiny gudaga. False cognate of English dog.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɔɡ/^[2]

Noun[edit]

dog

References[edit]

^ Language Hat, excerpting Dixon’s Memoirs of a Field Worker
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Stephen R. Anderson, Languages: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2012), 36.

Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

dog

thump, dub (sound of a heartbeat; thumping sound of a person walking on the roof of a house as heard by someone in the house)

Synonyms[edit]

tsʼidog

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Adverb[edit]

dog

however

Conjunction[edit]

dog

though

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English dog, from Middle English dogge, from Old English dogga, docga.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɔk/
Rhymes: -ɔk
Syllabification: dog
Homophone: dok

Noun[edit]

dog m anim

dogo-type dog

Declension[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.ɡi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.ɡe/

Noun[edit]

dog m (plural dogs)

Clipping of hot dog.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French dogue, from English dog.

Noun[edit]

dog m (plural dogi)

mastiff

Declension[edit]

Declension of dog

	singular	plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) dog	dogul	(niște) dogi	dogii
genitive/dative	(unui) dog	dogului	(unor) dogi	dogilor
vocative	dogule	dogilor

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /duːɡ/

Verb[edit]

dog

past tense of dö.

Anagrams[edit]

Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Noun[edit]

dog

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [doɡ]

Noun[edit]

dog (nominative plural dogs)

(male or female) dog

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

bludadog
dafadog
dogacek
dogadom
dogahipul
dogajipul
dogakek
dogalecek
dogalif
dogalucek
dogarosad
dogarosadabimül
dogem
dogibrid
dogibridan
dogibridöp
dogihibridan
dogihikälan
dogijibridan
dogijikälan
dogik
dogikolär
dogikälan
dogil
dogilik
doginulüdot
dogül
dogülik
domadog
dugadog
farmadog
flutülön dogi
hidog
hidogil
hidogül
hodog
jidog
jidogil
jidogül
jodog
krigakäladog
lievadog
lupadog
mitanadog
pädritadog
sadinadog
sigretadog
sismaladog
sukadog
sukäladog
vümadog
vümadogil
yagadog

[edit]

doeg
toradoeg

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Defenition of the word dog
- A common four-legged animal, especially kept by people as a pet or to hunt or guard things.
- A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
- An iron for holding wood in a fireplace.
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace; «the andirons were too hot to touch»
- someone who is morally reprehensible; «you dirty dog»
- go after with the intent to catch
- informal term for a man: «you lucky dog»
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; «the dog barked all night»
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; «she got a reputation as a frump»; «she’s a real dog»
- a hinged device that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- informal term for a man; «you lucky dog»
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; «she got a reputation as a frump»; «she»s a real dog»
- go after with the intent to catch; «The policeman chased the mugger down the alley»; «the dog chased the rabbit»
- a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
- metal supports for logs in a fireplace
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- informal term for a man
- a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman

Synonyms for the word dog

- afflict
- andiron
- beleaguer
- blackguard
- bother
- bounder
- cad
- Canis familiaris
- chase
- chase after
- click
- detent
- dogiron
- domestic dog
- firedog
- frump
- go after
- harass
- heel
- hound
- pawl
- plague
- tag
- tail
- track
- trail
- trouble
- vex

Similar words in the dog

- chase away
- dispel
- dog
- dog’s
- dogcatcher
- dogcatcher’s
- dogcatchers
- dogfight
- dogfight’s
- dogfighting
- dogfights
- dogfish
- dogfish’s
- dogfishes
- dogfought
- dogged
- doggedly
- doggedness
- doggedness’s
- doggerel
- doggerel’s
- doggier
- doggies
- doggiest
- dogging
- doggone
- doggoned
- doggoner
- doggones
- doggonest
- doggoning
- doggy
- doggy’s
- doghouse
- doghouse’s
- doghouses
- dogie
- dogie’s
- dogies
- dogmas
- dogmatic
- dogmatically
- dogmatics
- dogmatism
- dogmatism’s
- dogmatist
- dogmatist’s
- dogmatists
- dogtrot
- dogtrot’s
- dogtrots
- dogtrotted
- dogtrotting
- dogwood
- dogwood’s
- dogwoods
- drive away
- drive off
- drive out
- run off
- tag along
- turn back

Meronymys for the word dog

- Canis
- flag
- genus Canis
- hot dog
- hotdog
- pack
- rachet
- ratch
- ratchet
- red hot

Hyponyms for the word dog

- barker
- basenji
- Belgian griffon
- bow-wow
- Brussels griffon
- carriage dog
- coach dog
- corgi
- cur
- dalmatian
- doggie
- doggy
- Great Pyrenees
- griffon
- hound
- hunt
- hunting dog
- lapdog
- Leonberg
- Mexican hairless
- mongrel
- mutt
- Newfoundland
- newfoundland dog
- perisher
- pooch
- poodle
- poodle dog
- pug
- pug-dog
- puppy
- quest
- run down
- spitz
- toy
- toy dog
- trace
- tree
- Vienna sausage
- Welsh corgi
- working dog

Hypernyms for the word dog

- blighter
- bloke
- canid
- canine
- catch
- chap
- cuss
- disagreeable woman
- domestic animal
- domesticated animal
- fella
- feller
- fellow
- follow
- gent
- lad
- pursue
- sausage
- scoundrel
- stop
- support
- unpleasant woman
- villain

Antonyms for the word dog

- bitch

Idioms for the word dog

- dog food
- hot dog
- top dog
- eat one’s own dog food

See other words

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- The dictionary meaning of the word rijtuig
- The grammatical meaning of the word veneration
- Meaning of the word brick and mortar
- Literal and figurative meaning of the word surgeon
- The origin of the word kala
- Synonym for the word bust
- Antonyms for the word aakkonen
- Homonyms for the word aakkosellinen
- Hyponyms for the word aakkoset
- Holonyms for the word zusammen
- Hypernyms for the word iconic
- Proverbs and sayings for the word court
- Translation of the word in other languages a

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puppy

a young dog

barker, bow-wow, doggie, doggy, pooch

informal terms for dogs

cur, mongrel, mutt

an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

lapdog

a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap

toy, toy dog

any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

hunting dog

a dog used in hunting game

working dog

any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs

carriage dog, coach dog, dalmatian

a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia

basenji

small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark

pug, pug-dog

small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

Leonberg

a large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland

Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog

a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland

Great Pyrenees

bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland

spitz

any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail

Belgian griffon, Brussels griffon, griffon

breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle

Welsh corgi, corgi

either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head

poodle, poodle dog

an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs

Mexican hairless

any of an old breed of small nearly hairless dogs of Mexico

feist, fice

a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog

pariah dog, pie-dog, pye-dog

ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India

Chihuahua

an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization

Japanese spaniel

breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat

Maltese, Maltese dog, Maltese terrier

breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat

Peke, Pekinese, Pekingese

a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle

Shih-Tzu

a Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese

toy spaniel

a very small spaniel

toy terrier

a small active dog

courser

a dog trained for coursing

Rhodesian ridgeback

a powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest of reversed hair along the spine

hound, hound dog

any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

badger dog, dachshund, dachsie

small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows

terrier

any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

gun dog, sporting dog

a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns

guard dog, watchdog

a dog trained to guard property

sheep dog, sheepdog, shepherd dog

any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep

police dog

any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking

Sennenhunde

any of four Swiss breeds

boxer

a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

mastiff

an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog

bull mastiff

large powerful breed developed by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff

English bulldog, bulldog

a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting

Great Dane

very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog

guide dog

a dog trained to guide the blind

hearing dog

dog trained to assist the deaf by signaling the occurrence of certain sounds

Saint Bernard, St Bernard

a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog

seizure-alert dog

a dog that can alert or assist people with seizure disorders

sled dog, sledge dog

a dog trained to draw a sled usually in a team

Eskimo dog, husky

breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

liver-spotted dalmatian

a brown-spotted dalmatian

Samoyed, Samoyede

Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family

Pomeranian

breed of very small compact long-haired dogs of the spitz type

chow, chow chow

breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China

keeshond

a spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland

Brabancon griffon

a variety of Brussels griffon having a short smooth coat

Pembroke, Pembroke Welsh corgi

the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail

Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi

slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail

toy poodle

the breed of very small poodles

miniature poodle

a breed of small poodles

standard poodle

a breed or medium-sized poodles

large poodle

the largest breed of poodle

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dog

(dôg, dŏg)

1. A domesticated carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris syn. Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) occurring as a wide variety of breeds, many of which are traditionally used for hunting, herding, drawing sleds, and other tasks, and are kept as pets.

2. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, such as the dingo.

3. A male animal of the family Canidae, especially of a fox or a domesticated breed.

4. Any of various other animals, such as the prairie dog.

5. Informal

a. A person: You won, you lucky dog.

b. A person regarded as contemptible: You stole my watch, you dog.

6. Slang

a. A person regarded as unattractive or uninteresting.

b. Something of inferior or low quality: «The President had read the speech to some of his friends and they told him it was a dog» (John P. Roche).

c. An investment that produces a low return or a loss.

7. dogs Slang The feet.

9. Slang A hot dog; a wiener.

10. Any of various hooked or U-shaped metallic devices used for gripping or holding heavy objects.

11. Astronomy A sundog.

adv.

Totally; completely. Often used in combination: dog-tired.

tr.v. dogged, dog·ging, dogs

1. To track or trail persistently: «A stranger then is still dogging us» (Arthur Conan Doyle).

2. To hold or fasten with a mechanical device: «Watertight doors and hatches were dropped into place and dogged down to give the ship full watertight integrity» (Tom Clancy).

a. To be persistently or inescapably associated with: Questions about his youthful indiscretions dogged him throughout his career.

b. To be recurrently or persistently in the mind; haunt: Despair dogged him in his final years.

Idioms:

dog it Slang

To fail to expend the effort needed to do or accomplish something.

go to the dogs

To go to ruin; degenerate.

put on the dog Informal

To make an ostentatious display of elegance, wealth, or culture.

[Middle English dogge, cur, ordinary dog (often as opposed to a hunting hound or other valuable dog), from Old English docga, dog, perhaps originally a diminutive or a hypocorism meaning «Darky, Dusky,» from dox, dark, dusky (for the formation, compare Old English frox, frog, and frogga, frog, perhaps originally a diminutive).]

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dog

(dɒɡ)

1. (Animals)

a. a domesticated canine mammal, Canis familiaris, occurring in many breeds that show a great variety in size and form

b. (as modifier): dog biscuit.

2. (Animals)

a. any other carnivore of the family Canidae, such as the dingo and coyote

b. (as modifier): the dog family. canine

3. (Zoology)

a. the male of animals of the dog family

b. (as modifier): a dog fox.

4. (modifier)

a. spurious, inferior, or useless: dog Latin.

b. (in combination): dogberry.

5. (Mechanical Engineering) a mechanical device for gripping or holding, esp one of the axial slots by which gear wheels or shafts are engaged to transmit torque

6. informal a fellow; chap: you lucky dog.

7. informal a man or boy regarded as unpleasant, contemptible, or wretched

8. informal US a male friend: used as a term of address

9. slang an unattractive or boring girl or woman

10. informal US and Canadian something unsatisfactory or inferior

11. (Furniture) short for firedog

12. (Physical Geography) any of various atmospheric phenomena. See fogdog, seadog, sundog

13. a dog’s chance no chance at all

14. a dog’s dinner a dog’s breakfast informal something that is messy or bungled

15. a dog’s life a wretched existence

16. dog eat dog ruthless competition or self-interest

17. (Clothing & Fashion) like a dog’s dinner informal dressed smartly or ostentatiously

18. put on the dog informal US and Canadian to behave or dress in an ostentatious or showy manner

vb (tr) , dogs, dogging or dogged

19. to pursue or follow after like a dog

20. to trouble; plague: to be dogged by ill health.

21. (Hunting) to chase with a dog or dogs

22. (Mechanical Engineering) to grip, hold, or secure by a mechanical device

adv

(usually in combination) thoroughly; utterly: dog-tired.

[Old English docga, of obscure origin]

ˈdogˌlike adj

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dog

(dɔg, dɒg)

n., v. dogged, dog•ging. n.

1. a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.

2. any carnivore of the dog family Canidae, characterized in the wild state by a long muzzle, erect ears, and a long bushy tail; canid.

3. the male of such an animal.

4. a despicable man or youth.

5. a fellow in general: a lucky dog.

6. dogs, Slang. feet.

7. Slang.

a. something worthless or of extremely poor quality.

b. an utter failure; flop.

8. Slang. an unattractive person.

10. (cap.) either of two constellations, Canis Major or Canis Minor.

11.

a. any of various mechanical devices, as for gripping or holding something.

b. a projection on a moving part for moving steadily or for tripping another part with which it engages.

v.t.

12. to follow or track like a dog, esp. with hostile intent; hound.

13. to drive or chase with a dog or dogs.

Idioms:

1. dog it, Informal. to do something perfunctorily or not at all.

2. go to the dogs, to deteriorate; degenerate.

3. put on the dog, Informal. to assume an attitude of wealth or importance.

[before 1050; Middle English dogge, Old English docga]

dog′like`, adj.

dog

(dôg)

1. Any of various meat-eating mammals having a long muzzle and, in nearly all species, a four-toed foot. Many species hunt in packs that have complex social structures. Dogs include the wolf, fox, jackal, and dingo.

2. The domesticated dog, kept as a pet or work animal since ancient times and probably descended from the wolf. Domesticated dogs are bred in many varieties, though they all belong to the same species.

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dog

Past participle: dogged
Gerund: dogging

Imperative
dog
dog

Present
I dog
you dog
he/she/it dogs
we dog
you dog
they dog

Preterite
I dogged
you dogged
he/she/it dogged
we dogged
you dogged
they dogged

Present Continuous
I am dogging
you are dogging
he/she/it is dogging
we are dogging
you are dogging
they are dogging

Present Perfect
I have dogged
you have dogged
he/she/it has dogged
we have dogged
you have dogged
they have dogged

Past Continuous
I was dogging
you were dogging
he/she/it was dogging
we were dogging
you were dogging
they were dogging

Past Perfect
I had dogged
you had dogged
he/she/it had dogged
we had dogged
you had dogged
they had dogged

Future
I will dog
you will dog
he/she/it will dog
we will dog
you will dog
they will dog

Future Perfect
I will have dogged
you will have dogged
he/she/it will have dogged
we will have dogged
you will have dogged
they will have dogged

Future Continuous
I will be dogging
you will be dogging
he/she/it will be dogging
we will be dogging
you will be dogging
they will be dogging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dogging
you have been dogging
he/she/it has been dogging
we have been dogging
you have been dogging
they have been dogging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dogging
you will have been dogging
he/she/it will have been dogging
we will have been dogging
you will have been dogging
they will have been dogging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dogging
you had been dogging
he/she/it had been dogging
we had been dogging
you had been dogging
they had been dogging

Conditional
I would dog
you would dog
he/she/it would dog
we would dog
you would dog
they would dog

Past Conditional
I would have dogged
you would have dogged
he/she/it would have dogged
we would have dogged
you would have dogged
they would have dogged

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Noun	1.	dog — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; «the dog barked all night» Canis familiaris, domestic dog domestic animal, domesticated animal — any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment puppy — a young dog canid, canine — any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles Canis, genus Canis — type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals doggie, doggy, pooch, barker, bow-wow — informal terms for dogs cur, mutt, mongrel — an inferior dog or one of mixed breed lapdog — a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap toy dog, toy — any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets hunting dog — a dog used in hunting game working dog — any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs carriage dog, coach dog, dalmatian — a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia basenji — small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark pug, pug-dog — small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle Leonberg — a large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland Newfoundland, Newfoundland dog — a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland Great Pyrenees — bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland spitz — any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail Belgian griffon, Brussels griffon, griffon — breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle corgi, Welsh corgi — either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head poodle, poodle dog — an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs Mexican hairless — any of an old breed of small nearly hairless dogs of Mexico flag — a conspicuously marked or shaped tail pack — a group of hunting animals
	2.	dog — a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; «she got a reputation as a frump»; «she’s a real dog» frump disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman — a woman who is an unpleasant person
	3.	dog — informal term for a man; «you lucky dog» bloke, chap, fella, fellow, lad, blighter, gent, feller, cuss — a boy or man; «that chap is your host»; «there’s a fellow at the door»; «he’s a likable cuss»; «he’s a good bloke»
	4.	dog — someone who is morally reprehensible; «you dirty dog» blackguard, bounder, cad, hound, heel perisher — bounder scoundrel, villain — a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
	5.	dog — a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll frankfurter, weenie, wienerwurst, frank, wiener, hot dog, hotdog sausage — highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings Vienna sausage — short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off red hot, hot dog, hotdog — a frankfurter served hot on a bun
	6.	dog — a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward detent, pawl, click catch, stop — a restraint that checks the motion of something; «he used a book as a stop to hold the door open» rachet, ratch, ratchet — mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
	7.	dog — metal supports for logs in a fireplace; «the andirons were too hot to touch» andiron, dog-iron, firedog support — any device that bears the weight of another thing; «there was no place to attach supports for a shelf»
Verb	1.	dog — go after with the intent to catch; «The policeman chased the mugger down the alley»; «the dog chased the rabbit» chase, give chase, go after, tail, trail, chase after, track, tag tree — chase an animal up a tree; «the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it»; «her dog likes to tree squirrels» pursue, follow — follow in or as if in pursuit; «The police car pursued the suspected attacker»; «Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life» quest — search the trail of (game); «The dog went off and quested» hound, hunt, trace — pursue or chase relentlessly; «The hunters traced the deer into the woods»; «the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him» run down — pursue until captured; «They ran down the fugitive»

dog

noun

1. hound, canine, bitch, puppy, pup, mongrel, tyke, mutt (slang), pooch (slang), cur, man’s best friend, kuri or goorie (N.Z.), brak (S. African) Outside a dog was barking.

verb

2. pursue, follow, track, chase, shadow, harry, tail (informal), trail, hound, stalk, go after, give chase to The three creatures had dogged him from hut to hut.

dog’s dinner mess, state, disorder, confusion, chaos, turmoil, litter, clutter, shambles, disarray, jumble, botch, hash, cock-up (Brit. slang), balls-up (taboo slang), fuck-up (offensive taboo slang), mishmash, disorganization, hotchpotch, bodge (informal), hodgepodge (U.S.), untidiness, pig’s breakfast (informal) A worse dog’s dinner it would be hard to imagine.

Quotations
«Love me, love my dog» [St. Bernard]
«The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs» [A. Toussenel]
«Dogs live with man as courtiers round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice and enriched with sinecures» [Robert Louis Stevenson The Character of Dogs]
«The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too» [Samuel Butler Notebooks]

Proverbs
«Every dog has its day»
«Why keep a dog and bark yourself?»
«If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas»
«A live dog is better than a dead lion»
«Let sleeping dogs lie»

Breeds of dog

affenpinscher, Afghan hound, Airedale terrier, Akita, Alaskan malamute, Alpine spaniel, Alsatian or German shepherd, Australian terrier, barb (Austral.), basenji, basset hound, beagle, bearded collie, Bedlington terrier, Belvoir hound, Bichon Frise, Blenheim spaniel, bloodhound, sleuthhound, or sleuth, blue Gascon hound, Border collie, Border terrier, borzoi or Russian wolfhound, Boston terrier or bull terrier, bouvier, boxer, briard, Bruxellois, bulldog, bull mastiff, bull terrier, cairn terrier or cairn, chihuahua, chow-chow or chow, clumber spaniel, cocker spaniel, collie, corgi or Welsh corgi, Cuban bloodhound, dachshund, Dalmatian or (formerly) carriage dog or coach dog, Dandie Dinmont (terrier), deerhound, Doberman pinscher or Doberman, Egyptian basset, elkhound or Norwegian elkhound, English setter, Eskimo dog, field spaniel, foxhound, fox terrier, French bulldog, golden retriever, Gordon setter, Great Dane, greyhound, griffon, harrier, Highland terrier, husky, Irish setter or red setter, Irish terrier, Irish water spaniel, Irish wolfhound, Italian greyhound, Jack Russell (terrier), Japanese spaniel, Japanese tosa, keeshond, kelpie, Kerry blue terrier, King Charles spaniel, komondor, Labrador retriever, Labrador, or lab, Lakeland terrier, Lhasa apso, malamute or malemute, Maltese, Manchester terrier or black-and-tan terrier, mastiff, Mexican hairless, Newfoundland, Norfolk springer spaniel, Norfolk terrier, Norwich terrier, Old English sheepdog, otterhound, papillon, Pekingese, pit bull terrier or American pit bull terrier, pointer, Pomeranian, poodle, pug, puli, Pyrenean mountain dog, raccoon dog or coonhound, retriever, Rhodesian ridgeback, Rottweiler, rough collie, Saint Bernard or St. Bernard, Saluki or Persian greyhound, Samoyed, schipperke, schnauzer, Scottish, Scotch, or (formerly) Aberdeen terrier or Scottie, Sealyham terrier, setter, Shetland sheepdog or sheltie, shih-tzu, Skye terrier, spaniel, spitz, springer spaniel, Staffordshire bull terrier, staghound, Sussex spaniel, talbot, terrier, vizsla, water spaniel, Weimaraner, Welsh terrier, West Highland white terrier, whippet, wire-haired terrier, wolfhound, Yorkshire terrier

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

dog

verb

1. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind:

2. To follow closely or persistently:

Translations

pessamecsledovatfena

hundhunde-forfølge

hundinohundovirhundo

koer

koira

pas

kutyaeb

anjing

hundurhunda-hundelta; elta á röndum

犬雄犬牡犬

개

canis

šuoužsispyrimasapykaklaitėatkakliaiatkaklumas

sunstēviņšvajātsekot pa pēdām

câini

pessuka

pespsica

hund

สุนัข

пессобака

con chó

dog

[dɒ>g]

A. N

2. (= male) (fox) → macho m

3. (term of abuse) → canalla m, bribón m
you dog! → ¡canalla! (hum) → ¡tunante!

4. (= unattractive girl) → callo m (malayo)

6. the dogs (Brit) (= greyhounds) → las carreras de galgos GREYHOUND RACING

7. (Brit) (= telephone) → teléfono m

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dog

[ˈdɒg]

modif [hairs, bite, lead, lover, owner, walker, trainer, show] → de chien

(= clerical collar) → faux col m d’ecclésiastique

(for dog) → collier m de chiendog-eared [ˌdɒgˈɪə^rd] adj [paper, book] → corné(e)

dog

dog-end

n (inf) → Kippe f (inf)

dog fancier

n → Hundefreund(in) m(f); (= breeder, seller) → Hundezüchter(in) m(f)

dog

dog handler

n → Hundeführer(in) m(f)

dog licence, (US) dog license

dog

dog show

n → Hundeausstellung f

dog’s-tooth check, dog-tooth check

dogtooth

n (Archit) → Hundszahn m

dog track

n → Hunderennbahn f

dogwatch

n (Naut) → Hundewache f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dog

(dog) noun

a domestic, meat-eating animal related to the wolf and fox.

adjective

(usually of members of the dog family) male. a dog-fox.

verb – past tense, past participle dogged –

to follow closely as a dog does. She dogged his footsteps.

dogged (ˈdogid) adjective

keeping on at what one is doing in a determined and persistent manner. his dogged perseverance.

ˈdoggedly (-gid-) adverb

He went doggedly on with his work despite the interruptions.

ˈdoggedness (-gid-) nounˈdog-biscuit noun

a small hard biscuit fed to dogs.

ˈdog collar

1. a stiff round collar worn by a clergyman.

2. a collar around a dog’s neck.

ˈdog-eared adjective

(of a book) having the pages turned down at the corner. dog-eared volumes; Several pages were dog-eared.

ˌdog-ˈtired adjective

very tired. I’m dog-tired this morning after sitting up all night in the train.

a dog’s life

a wretched existence. He leads a dog’s life.

go to the dogs

to be ruined, especially to ruin oneself.

in the doghouse

in disgrace. He forgot his wife’s birthday, so he’s in the doghouse.

not a dog’s chance

no chance at all. He hasn’t a dog’s chance of getting a ticket.

dog

→ كَلْب pes hund Hund σκύλος perro koira chien pas cane 犬 개 hond hund pies cachorro, cão собака hund สุนัข köpek con chó 狗

dog

n. perro-a;

___ bite → mordida de ___.

I have a guide dog

dog

n perro; guide —, seeing eye — perro guía

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