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dog

(dog, dŏg)

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1. A domesticated carnivorous mammal (Domestic dog 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 equally pets.

ii. Any of diverse carnivorous mammals of the family unit Canidae, such as the dingo.

three. A male animate being of the family Canidae, especially of a fox or a domesticated brood.

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.

vi. Slang

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b. Something of junior or low quality: "The President had read the speech to some of his friends and they told him information technology 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.

x. Any of diverse hooked or U-shaped metal devices used for gripping or holding heavy objects.

xi. Astronomy A sundog.

adv.

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

tr.five. indomitable, dog·ging, dogs

1. To runway or trail persistently: "A stranger so is however dogging the states" (Arthur Conan Doyle).

2. To hold or fasten with a mechanical device: "Watertight doors and hatches were dropped into identify and dogged downward to requite the transport full watertight integrity" (Tom Clancy).

3.

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

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

Idioms:

canis familiaris it Slang

To neglect 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 civilization.

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[Middle English

dogge

, from Old English

docga

.]

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