dawg

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dawg^¹

/dɔːɡ/ UK
/dɔɡ/ US
/dɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
/doːɡ/ Australia, British, Southern

Rhymes with -ɔːɡ

noun dawgs

pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of dog That dawg won't hunt.
US, slang Term of address for a close, usually male, friend. Sup, dawg?
Similar: babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck, chum

DAWG^²

noun DAWGs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of directed acyclic word graph

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kid, boys, chef, head, fat, bud, mec, bulk, baby, laddie, lad, boy, bloke, man, boyfriend, homey

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@misc{dawg_2026,
  title = {dawg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dawg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}