dog

noun

A mammal of the family Canidae:

The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).

(often attributive) A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

(uncountable) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.

A person:

(slang, derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

(slang) A man, guy, chap.

(derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.

(slang) A sexually aggressive man.

A mechanical device or support:

Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.

A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.

(poker slang) An underdog.

(slang, chiefly in the plural) Foot; toe.

(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

(informal) Something that performs poorly.

(film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

(preceded by definite article) A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.

The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

(World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.

(astronomy, with definite article) The Dog Star; Sirius.

(humorous) The language supposedly spoken by dogs

(Geordie, slang) Newcastle Brown Ale

Initialism of digital on-screen graphic. [(television) a type of small logo placed in a corner of the television screen to identify a television channel.]

Initialism of digitally originated graphic. [Synonym of digital on-screen graphic.]

(transport, historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.

(firearms, archaic) A cock, as of a gun.

verb

(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.

(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

(transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

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

(intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

(transitive, slang) To criticize.

(transitive, military) To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

adjective

(slang) Of inferior quality; very bad.

Synonyms for dog

houndn puppyn poochn canineadj rottweilern coonhoundn pupn bandog dachshundn poodlen beaglen kenneln spanieln terriern whippetn boarhoundn mastiffn malamuten retrievern affenpinschern

Words related to dog

doggyn pettedv andironn schipperken doggoadv doglikeadj basenjin pawsn schnauzern petsn fleasn kuvaszn gazehound dobermann elkhoundn firedogn malemuten catn sheepdogn keeshondn

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