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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 diverseness 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.

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5. Breezy

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half dozen. Slang

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7. dogs Slang The feet.

9. Slang A hot dog; a wiener.

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eleven. Astronomy A sundog.

adv.

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

tr.5. dogged, dog·ging, dogs

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

two. To concord or spike with a mechanical device: "Watertight doors and hatches were dropped into place and dogged down to give the ship full watertight integrity" (Tom Clancy).

3.

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

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

Idioms:

dog 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 brandish of elegance, wealth, or culture.

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[Middle English language

dogge

, from Sometime English

docga

.]

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