• darg,dawg,dug(dialectal)
• doggie,doggy,doggy woggy,doggo(childish)

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/dɒɡ/

  • Audio(UK);“a dog”:

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• (General American)enPR:dôg,IPA^(key):/dɔɡ/

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  • (cot–caught merger)IPA^(key):/dɑɡ/

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• (Canada)IPA^(key):[dɔ(ː)ɡ]
• Rhymes:-ɒɡ

Inherited fromMiddle Englishdogge^[1] (akin toScotsdug), fromOld Englishdogga,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 (comparefrocga(“frog”),*picga(“pig”)), appended to a base*dog-,*doc- of unclear origin and meaning. One possibility isOld Englishdox(“dark, swarthy”) (comparefrocga fromfrox).^[4] Another proposal is that it derives fromProto-West Germanic*dugan(“to be suitable”), the origin ofOld Englishdugan(“to be good, worthy, useful”),Englishdow,Dutchdeugen,Germantaugen. 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 Englishdock(“stumpy tail”).

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

Despite similarities in forms and meaning, not related toMbabaramdog.

dog (countable anduncountable,pluraldogs)

1. Amammal of thefamilyCanidae:
   2. ThespeciesCanis familiaris (sometimes designatedCanis lupus familiaris),domesticated for thousands ofyears and of highly variable appearance because ofhuman breeding.
      • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, inThe 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-sizeddog.

      • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 19, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:

        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 timiddog on a choke chain.

      Thedog barked all night long.

   3. 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, page561:

        This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus andBorophagus), a large bone-crushing huntingdog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorousdog (Carpocyon).

   4. (oftenattributive) A male dog,wolf, orfox, as opposed to abitch orvixen.
      • 1908,Dogdom, volume 9, page337, column 1:

        Entirely disregarding sex, Ch. Searchlight has a beautiful Cocker head, but as he is adog, his head is too fine and far too much upon the bitchy order.

      • 1928,Siegfried Sassoon,Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published2013, page149:

        Firstly, he was there to encourage and assist the hounds (a scratch pack – mostlydog-hounds drafted from fox-hound kennels because they were over-sized)[…]

2. (uncountable) Themeat of this animal, eaten as food.

   Did you know that they eatdog in parts of Asia?

3. A person:
   1. (slang,derogatory) Adull,unattractivegirl orwoman.

      She’s a realdog.

   2. (slang) Aman,guy,chap.

      You luckydog!

   3. (derogatory) Someone who iscowardly, worthless, or morallyreprehensible.

      Come back and fight, youdogs!

      You dirtydog.

      • 1599,Robert Greene,Alphonsus, King of Aragon, act 3:

        Blasphemousdog, 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 Kings8:13, column 1:

        And Hazael ſaid, But what,is thy ſeruant adogge, 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., published1887,→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, adog of a Christian, disturbed the last sleep of a true believer.

   4. (slang) A sexually aggressive man.
      • 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics),Most Known Unknown‎^[4], performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

        DJ Paul is adog; 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, page41:

        Whenever possible, let the tree support the weight of the chainsaw. Pivot the saw, using the saw'sdogs (spikes) as a fulcrum.

   3. Aclick orpallet adapted to engage the teeth of aratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.

      Synonyms:click,pallet,pawl,ratchet

   4. A metal support forlogs in a fireplace.

      Thedogs were too hot to touch.

      • 1902,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Hound of the Baskervilles:

        In the great old-fashioned fireplace behind the high irondogs a log-fire crackled and snapped.

   5. (transport,historical) A double-endedsidespike driven through ahole in theflange of arail on atramway.
5. (cartomancy) The eighteenthLenormand card.
6. Ahot dog: afrankfurter,wiener, or similarsausage; or asandwich made from this.

   Alternative form:'dog

   • 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, inLos Angeles Times‎^[5]:

     Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosherdogs and spiceddogs[…]

7. (pokerslang) Anunderdog.
8. (slang, chiefly in theplural)Foot;toe.

   Mydogs are barking! ―My feet hurt!

   You look good in those shoes with yourdogs out! ―You look good wearing shoes that show your toes!

9. (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone")Phone ormobile phone.

   Mydog is dead.

   My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function.

10. One of thecones used to divide up aracetrack when training horses.
11. (informal) Something that performs poorly.
    • 1885, Robert H. Codrington,The Melanesian Languages, page143:

      He gives hisdog-Mota ordog-Fiji in exchange for Pigeon English.

    That modification turned his Dodge hemi into adog.

    1. (film) Aflop; a film that performs poorly at thebox office.
       • 1969,Ski, volume34, number 4, page121:

         Blue was released, and as Redford had predicted, it was adog.

       • 2012, Ronald L. Davis,Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne:

         "WhenThe Alamo was coming out, the word of mouth on it was that it was adog," Chase said.

12. (firearms,archaic) Acock, as of agun.
    • 1832,The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, volume10, page164:

      To this succeeded theSnaplance^[sic], in which a motion was given to thedog, or cock, and a movable plate of steel, called the frizel, or hammer, was placed vertically above the pan to receive the action of the flint.

13. (preceded by definite article) Adance having a briefvogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog weremimicked.
    • 1964, “What'd I Say”,Ray Charles (lyrics), performed byElvis Presley:

      Hmm, see the girl with the red dress on
      She can do thedog all night long.

    • 1964, “C'mon and Swim”,Thomas Coman and Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone) (lyrics), performed byBobby Freeman:

      Just like thedog but not so low
      Like the hully gully but not so slow
      Now baby swim, baby do the swim.

    • 1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones,Donald Bain (uncredited),Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New York: Bantam Books,page173:

      We had a lovely dance—luckily it was a slow number. I don't think Mr. Lincoln would have been up to thedog or a fast twist.

• (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 alsoThesaurus:dog
• (male):stud,sire
• (meat):dogflesh,dog meat,fragrant meat
• (man):bloke(British),chap(British),dude,fellow,guy,man;see alsoThesaurus:man
• (morally reprehensible person):cad,bounder,blackguard,fool,hound,heel,scoundrel
• (mechanical device):click,detent,pawl
• (metal support for logs):andiron,fire dog,dogiron

• (animal):canid,quadruped

• (male adult dog):bitch,pup,puppy

dog (third-person singular simple presentdogs,present participledogging,simple past and past participledogged)

1. (transitive) Topursue with theintent tocatch.

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

2. (transitive) Tofollow in anannoying orharassing way.

   The woman cursed him so that trouble woulddog 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 haddogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant.

   • 2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, inAmerican Scientist‎^[6], volume100, number 1, archived fromthe original on30 April 2013, page86:

     Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have beendogged 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”, inthe Guardian‎^[7]:

     But this is not an Athletic that ever looks comfortable at the back – a criticism that has oftendogged Marcelo Bielsa's sides.

   • 2021 June 21, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “Google Executives See Cracks in Their Company’s Success”, inThe New York Times‎^[8],→ISSN:

     Yet Google, which was founded in 1998, isdogged by the perception that its best days are behind it.

3. (transitive,nautical) To fasten ahatch securely.

   It is very important todog down these hatches.

4. (intransitive, emerging usage inBritish) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

   I admit that I like todog at my local country park.

   • 2012,The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page118:

     Lightning [is a] burst of charged particles that lights up the sky and allows onlookers to see who'sdogging in the bushes without using a flashlight.

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 weredogging it.

6. (transitive,slang) Tocriticize.
   • 1999 March 30, “Shakedown”, inJAG, season 4, episode18, via CBS:

     Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott): Are youdogging Harm's special meatless meatloaf?
     Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell): Let's put it this way. If you were to make the Harmon Special on this ship, they'd have to unload it with the toxic waste.

7. (transitive,military) Todivide (awatch) with acomrade.
   • 1902, Winfield Scott Schley,Record of Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry:

     A. We never stood 4 to 8 p.m. watches, sir. Wedogged 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, wedogged the watch sections so that both halves of the crew could fetch full sea bags of uniforms and gear[…]

• all dogged up

Clipping ofdogshit.

dog (notcomparable)

1. (slang) Ofinferiorquality; verybad.

   Oh man, this game is absolutelydog!

• Category:en:Canids

• Michael Weisenberg (2000),The Official Dictionary of Poker (MGI/Mike Caro University,→ISBN
•  dog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  Canis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•  Category:Dog on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
•  Category:Canis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• God,OGD,god-,GOD,god,ODG

Inherited fromDutchdocht.

• IPA^(key):/dɔχ/

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dog

1. Alternative form ofdag (preterite ofdink)

Inherited fromEnglishdog.

dog

1. dog

Inherited fromEnglishdog. Cognate withTok Pisindok.

• IPA^(key):/ˈdoɡ/
• Hyphenation:dog

dog

1. dog

• Terry Crowley (2004)Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press,→ISBN, page37

Derived fromEnglishdog, 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”).

dog

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

dog

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

• on dog
• on dog dog

Borrowed fromEnglishdog.

dog

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)The name of theLatin-script letterD/d.

• boy

Inherited fromOld Danishdogh, which was borrowed fromMiddle Low Germandoch, ultimately fromProto-Germanic*þauh.

dog

1. however

   Det erdog 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 hunddog nuttet!

   How cute that dog is!

   Sikke dramatisk dudog kan fremstille sagen!

   How dramatically you can present the matter!

dog

1. though

Borrowed fromEnglishdog. Attested since the 16th century.

• IPA^(key):/dɔx/

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• Hyphenation:dog
• Rhymes:-ɔx
• Homophone:doch

dog m (pluraldoggen,diminutivedogje n)

1. a largedog, especially one of certainbreeds

• Deense dog

Inherited fromEnglishdog.

dog

1. dog

From*dwog(a) <*udwoga <*gudwaga <Proto-Pama-Nyungan*gudaga. Related toDyirbalguda,Yidinygudaga.False cognate ofEnglishdog.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key):/dɔɡ/^[2]

dog

1. dog

Onomatopoeic.

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)

• tsʼidog

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dog

1. however

dog

1. though

Borrowed fromEnglishdog, fromMiddle Englishdogge, fromOld Englishdogga,docga.

• IPA^(key):/ˈdɔk/

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• Rhymes:-ɔk
• Syllabification:dog
• Homophone:dok

dog m animal

1. mastiff

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

dog m (pluraldogs)

1. Alternative form ofdogue

Borrowed fromFrenchdogue, fromEnglishdog.

dog m (pluraldogi)

1. mastiff

• IPA^(key):/duːɡ/

dog

1. pastindicative ofdö

• god

Derived fromEnglishdog.

dog

1. dog

Borrowed fromEnglishdog.

• IPA^(key):[doɡ]

dog (nominative pluraldogs)

1. dog
   • 1952, Arie de Jong,Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VII:

     No givolsöd saludikosidoges, e no jedolsöd pärlatis olsik foi svins! dat bo no dästepons onis me lögs oksik, e flekons okis, e dasleitons olis.

     Do not givedogs what is holy; and do not cast pearls before swine, or they may trample them and then turn on you and tear you to pieces.

• doeg
• toradoeg