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dog
dɒg/Submit
noun
1.
a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractile claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.
synonyms: hound, canine, mongrel, cur, tyke; More
a wild animal of the dog family.
the male of an animal of the dog family, or of some other mammals such as the otter.
"a dog fox"
BRIT.informal
greyhound racing.
plural noun: the dogs
"a night at the dogs"
2.
informal
an unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked man.
"he was interrupted by cries of ‘dirty dog!’"
dated
used to refer to a person of a specified kind in a tone of playful reproof, commiseration, or congratulation.
"your historian is a dull dog"
used to refer to someone who is abject or miserable, especially because they have been treated harshly.
"I make him work like a dog"
informaloffensive
an unattractive woman.
AUSTRAL./NZinformal
an informer or traitor.
"one day she's going to turn dog on you"
N. AMER.informal
a thing of poor quality.
"a dog of a film"
informal
a horse that is slow or difficult to handle.
3.
used in names of dogfishes, e.g. sandy dog, spur-dog.
4.
a mechanical device for gripping.
5.
N. AMER.informal
feet.
6.
HORSE RACINGUS
barriers used to keep horses off a particular part of the track.
verb
verb: dog; 3rd person present: dogs; past tense: dogged; past participle: dogged; gerund or present participle: dogging
1.
follow (someone) closely and persistently.
"photographers seemed to dog her every step"
synonyms: pursue, follow, stalk, track, trail, shadow, hound; More
(of a problem) cause continual trouble for.
"the twenty-nine-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy"
2.
N. AMER.informal
act lazily; fail to try one's hardest.
"Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little"
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