The meaning of the word dog

English[edit]

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)

1. 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) […].

2. The meat of this animal, eaten as food:

   Did you know that in South Korea, they eat dog?

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
6. 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 […]

7. (poker slang) Underdog.
8. (slang, almost always in the plural) Foot.

   My dogs are barking! ― My feet hurt!

9. (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.

10. One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
11. (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):

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (male adult dog): bitch, pup, puppy

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• Bislama: dog
• Sranan Tongo: dagu
• Tok Pisin: dok

Translations[edit]

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.

   Synonyms: chase, chase after, go after, pursue, tag, tail, track, trail

2. (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.

3. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

   It is very important to dog down these hatches.

4. (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.

5. (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.

6. (transitive) To criticize.
7. (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]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of dogshit.

Adjective[edit]

dog (not comparable)

1. (slang) Of inferior quality; dogshit.

See also[edit]

• 🐕
• Category:en:Canids
• bark
• canine
• cynomorphic
• cynomorphism
• flea bag

Further reading[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• God, god

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch docht.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /dɔχ/

Verb[edit]

dog

1. 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

1. 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]

Noun[edit]

dog

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

Adjective[edit]

dog

1. (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]

Noun[edit]

dog

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

See also[edit]

• boy

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

dog

1. however

   Det er dog ikke sikkert, at de taler sandt.

   It is, however, not certain that they are telling the truth.

2. 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

1. 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)

1. A large dog, especially one of certain breeds.

Derived terms[edit]

• Deense dog

Kriol[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Noun[edit]

dog

1. 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

1. dog

References[edit]

Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection[edit]

dog

1. 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

1. however

Conjunction[edit]

dog

1. 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

1. dogo-type dog

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• dog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dog m (plural dogs)

1. Clipping of hot dog.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French dogue, from English dog.

Noun[edit]

dog m (plural dogi)

1. mastiff

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /duːɡ/

Verb[edit]

dog

1. past tense of dö.

Anagrams[edit]

• god

Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Noun[edit]

dog

1. dog

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [doɡ]

Noun[edit]

dog (nominative plural dogs)

1. (male or female) dog

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

• doeg
• toradoeg

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Возможные однокоренные слова

dogged  — упорный, упрямый, настойчивый, чертовский
dogger  — доггер, средняя юра
doggish  — собачий, грубый, огрызающийся, раздражительный, жестокий, крикливо-модный
underdog  — неудачник, побежденная сторона, подчиняющаяся сторона
doglike  — преданный, верный, подобный зажиму, подобный верхний углу первой полосы газеты
overdog  — человек, имеющий серьезное преимущество, хозяин положения, добившийся

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: dog
he/she/it: dogs
ing ф. (present participle): dogging
2-я ф. (past tense): dogged
3-я ф. (past participle): dogged

noun
ед. ч.(singular): dog
мн. ч.(plural): dogs

Definition of dog (Entry 3 of 4) transitive verb. 1a : to hunt, track, or follow like a hound dogged her every move. b : to worry as if by pursuit with dogs : plague dogged by his past failures. c : to bother or pester persistently dogged him about his grades.

What is the origin of the word dog?

The word dog comes from the Old English ‘docga’, a late, rare word, used in at least one Middle English source in reference specifically to a powerful breed of canine.

Who named the dog?

Taxonomy. In 1758, the Swedish botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus published in his Systema Naturae the two-word naming of species (binomial nomenclature). Canis is the Latin word meaning “dog,” and under this genus, he listed the domestic dog, the grey wolf, and the golden jackal.

What is the oldest word for dog?

hound

What did Jesus say about dogs?

Revelation 22:15: “For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” Philippians 3:2: “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.” Proverbs 26:11: “As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.”

Why did Jesus use the word dog?

Jesus’ use of the word “dog” tested the woman’s persistence. He repeatedly made clear what His original mission was: to save “the lost sheep of the house of Israel”. She did not show insult to His comments, rather she made a confession of faith in Jesus, attesting to His healing power.

Does the Bible mention pets?

In Genesis 9:3-4 God tells us that a person cannot cut off the limb of a living animal. In Exodus, the Ten Commandments reminds us that we are supposed to treat animals with respect and care, particularly those who work our lands.

Did Jesus have a pet dog?

(and even documentation) in the Bible.” As far as Jesus possibly having a dog as a pet, it is highly unlikely. In actuality little is written in the New Testament about Jesus’ pets per say, but there are some references to wild animals, birds and fish. He is born in a stable and sleeps in a feeding trough (Luke 2:7).

Do dogs go to heaven according to the Bible?

Kurowski said in his “Animals in Heaven, Pets in Paradise” Bible study: So do dogs, cats, horses, and other pets go to Heaven? While the Bible doesn’t come straight out and say “yes,” it does imply through its discussion of the redemption of God’s creation that our pets will greet us in the new heaven and new earth.

Will we see pets in heaven?

Biblical Evidence That Animals Really Do Go To Heaven. The pets that we had to say goodbye to are alive in heaven right now in their spiritual bodies and we will see them again if we accept Jesus as our Savior. Your Pet Is Not Gone Forever.

Do dogs have a soul?

Numerous studies in Spiritual Psychology … shows that dogs do indeed have souls, and once a dog bonds to a human, its soul attaches to the human’s soul and upon death, goes where the human soul goes. They imply that animals may have the “breath of life,” but not an immortal soul in the same sense as man’s.

Can I see my dog in heaven?

Will I See My Dog In Heaven? Yes! All animals go to Heaven.

Do dogs spirits stay with you?

“They will come back from the spirit realm to visit their person because of the loving connection, not because of a lower vibrational emotion like sadness.” Whether pets can visit their owners in spirit depends on whether they have an afterlife.

Can dogs smell death of another dog?

And because dogs cannot tell how they feel, there is no general agreement as to whether dogs understand the death of another dog. Many owners and dog experts are able to identify changes in behavior when a death occurs.

Do dogs come back as humans?

Dogs reincarnate every day. Because of the length of the human life span, human beings can’t usually reincarnate and rejoin their loved ones again in this life. But because dogs’ lives are so much shorter, they can — and do — reincarnate and return to their beloved owners.

Do dogs know when they’re dying?

This is not to say that dogs and other animals don’t know much if anything about their own and other’s death and dying, but rather to stress that it’s essential to remain open to the possibility that they do sense their own and/or others passing.

Do pets know when their owner dies?

It’s not unusual for dogs to grieve the loss of a person they’ve bonded with who is no longer present. While they might not understand the full extent of human absence, dogs do understand the emotional feeling of missing someone who’s no longer a part of their daily lives.

Do dogs recognize themselves in the mirror?

Dogs do not have the ability to recognize their own reflection in a mirror the way humans and some other animals are able to. They will always treat their reflection like another dog or just simply ignore it.

Do dogs get jealous?

Recently, psychologists performed a study on dog behavior and learned without a doubt that dogs do get jealous. Whether it’s jealousy as humans experience it, or an offshoot of deeply ingrained dog behavior like resource guarding or redirected excitement, dogs do feel envy.

Does dog laugh?

There is a lot of debate among animal behaviourists about this but most agree that no, dogs can’t laugh. At least not in the sense that humans can laugh. However, dogs can make a sound that is similar to a laugh, which they typically do when they are playing. It’s caused by a breathy panting that’s forcefully exhaled.

What is the most jealous dog breed?

10 Most Jealous Dog Breeds

• French Bulldog. If you have ever owned a Frenchie before, you know this dog clinches the title of the most jealous dog.
• Australian shepherd.
• Labrador Retriever.
• American Pit Bull Terrier.
• Cocker Spaniel.
• German Short-haired pointer.
• Golden retriever.
• Border Collie.

Can dogs feel sad?

As most dog owners will attest, dogs do feel a range of emotions. Dogs may not experience sadness quite the same as humans because dogs lack self-consciousness, but they can experience anxiety and depression, says Dr.

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Its origin remains one of the great mysteries of English etymology. The word forced out Old English hund (the general Germanic and Indo-European word, from root from PIE root *kwon-) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental languages (French dogue (16c.), Danish dogge, German Dogge (16c.)).

What is the root word of dog?

The origin of the English word dog has been a riddle for ages. It developed through Middle English dogge from Old English docga, after which the trail seems to go cold. … English dusk), like frocga/frogga ‘frog’ beside frox/frosc/forsc ‘id. ‘.

Why is dog a slang?

dogs, Slang. feet. Slang. something worthless or of extremely poor quality: That used car you bought is a dog.

What is the ancient Greek word for dog?

Kyon (the ancient Greek word for «dog»)

Who was the Greek god of dogs?

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