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dogs¹

  • /dɒɡz/ UK
  • /dɔɡz/ US
  • /dɑɡz/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɒɡz, -ɔɡz, -ɑɡz

noun

  1. plural plural of dog

noun

  1. US, plural, plural only, slang Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat. My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.
  2. US, plural, plural only, slang Toes Time to let the dogs out to play. (While taking off shoes.)
  3. plural, plural only, usually, with the A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing. I lost money at the dogs last night.
  4. plural, plural only Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of dog

DOGs²

noun

  1. plural plural of DOG

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cad, tag, detent, pawl, trail, firedog, chase, go after, bounder, blackguard, andiron, track, chase after, click, heel, frump

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"dogs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dogs. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dogs. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dogs

Chicago

"dogs." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dogs.

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@misc{dogs_2026,
  title = {dogs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dogs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}