DOG

noun DOGs

1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of digital on-screen graphic.digital on-screen graphic
2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of digitally originated graphic.digitally originated graphic

noun dogs · darg · dawg · dorg · dug · doggie

1. countable, uncountable The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding. The dog barked all night long.
2. countable, uncountable Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct). This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus and Borophagus), a large bone-crushing hunting dog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorous dog (Carpocyon).
3. attributive, countable, often, uncountable A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen. Entirely disregarding sex, Ch. Searchlight has a beautiful Cocker head, but as he is a dog, his head is too fine and far too much upon the bitchy order.
4. rare, uncountable The meat of this animal, eaten as food. Did you know that they eat dog in parts of Asia?
5. countable, derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncountable A dull, unattractive girl or woman. She’s a real dog.
6. countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable A man, guy, chap. You lucky dog!
7. countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
8. countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible. Come back and fight, you dogs!
9. countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable A sexually aggressive man. DJ Paul is a dog; one you do not trust.
10. countable, uncountable Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection. Whenever possible, let the tree support the weight of the chainsaw. Pivot the saw, using the saw's dogs (spikes) as a fulcrum.
11. countable, uncountable A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
12. countable, uncountable A metal support for logs in a fireplace. The dogs were too hot to touch.
13. countable, historical, uncountable A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
14. countable, uncountable The eighteenth Lenormand card.
15. countable, uncountable A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this. Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]
16. countable, slang, uncountable An underdog.
17. countable, in plural, slang, uncountable Foot; toe. My dogs are barking!
18. Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone. My dog is dead.
19. countable, uncountable One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
20. countable, informal, uncountable Something that performs poorly. He gives his dog-Mota or dog-Fiji in exchange for Pigeon English.
21. countable, informal, uncountable A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office. Blue was released, and as Redford had predicted, it was a dog.
22. archaic, countable, uncountable A cock, as of a gun. To this succeeded the Snaplance ^([sic]), in which a motion was given to the dog, 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.
23. countable, uncountable A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked. Hmm, see the girl with the red dress on She can do the dog all night long.

Similar: 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, hound

verb dogs · dogging · dogged · darg · dawg

1. transitive To pursue with the intent to catch.
2. transitive To follow in an annoying or harassing way. The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
3. transitive To fasten a hatch securely. It is very important to dog down these hatches.
4. intransitive To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place. I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
5. intransitive, transitive To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
6. slang, transitive To criticize. Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott): Are you dogging 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 To divide (a watch) with a comrade. A. We never stood 4 to 8 p.m. watches, sir. We dogged our watches. Q. I suppose that is 6 to 8 p.m., then; it is a little indistinct. I mean the second dog watch.

adjective darg · dawg · dorg · dug · doggie · doggy

1. not comparable, slang Of inferior quality; very bad. Oh man, this game is absolutely dog!

noun

1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.

proper noun

1. humorous The language supposedly spoken by dogs Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other.
2. The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
3. Geordie, slang Newcastle Brown Ale This article celebrates the fine city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, situated in northeast England, and its gentle inhabitants, the Geordies. […] Oh yes. Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate.
4. with definite article The Dog Star; Sirius. But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.