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dog

(dog, dŏg)

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

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

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5. Informal

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half-dozen. Slang

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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 belongings heavy objects.

11. Astronomy A sundog.

adv.

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

tr.v. dogged, dog·ging, dogs

i. To track or trail persistently: "A stranger then is still dogging us" (Arthur Conan Doyle).

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

iii.

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

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

Idioms:

dog it Slang

To fail to expend the effort needed to do or attain 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.

[Middle English

dogge

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