Dognoun

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  radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.

Dogname

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  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.
  • Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme.
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  The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

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  slangNewcastle 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.
  • This popularity has led to another nickname for the beer in its local market: the Dog. Pubgoers in the Northeast often refer to their nightly trip to the pub as “going out to walk the dog.” And because Newcastle Brown Ale is often the beer they are seeking, the company has launched a whole new advertising campaign referring to its beer as "the Dog."
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  astronomynatural-sciencesThe 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.

dognoun詞源 1/dɒɡ/

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  A mammal of the family Canidae:

  • The dog barked all night long.
  • […] I beg again to state, in my humility, that I am Only a Dog. Such a little dog too. […] I am very white, very woolly, very pretty indeed; covered all over with snowy curls, and having two bright black eyes and a black shiny tip to my nose like patent leather.
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  A mammal of the family Canidae:

  • 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).
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  A mammal of the family Canidae:

  • 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.
  • Firstly, he was there to encourage and assist the hounds (a scratch pack – mostly dog-hounds drafted from fox-hound kennels because they were over-sized) […]
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  rareThe meat of this animal, eaten as food.

  • Did you know that they eat dog in parts of Asia?
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  derogatoryslangA person:

  • She’s a real dog.
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  slangA person:

  • You lucky dog!
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  derogatoryA person:

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  derogatoryA person:

  • Come back and fight, you dogs!
  • You dirty dog.

dogverb詞源 1/dɒɡ/

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  To pursue with the intent to catch.

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  To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

  • The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
  • […] they were discovered in a very improper manner by the husband of the gypsy, who, from jealousy it seems, had kept a watchful eye over his wife, and had dogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant.
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  nauticaltransportTo fasten a hatch securely.

  • It is very important to dog down these hatches.
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  To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

  • I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
  • Lightning [is a] burst of charged particles that lights up the sky and allows onlookers to see who's dogging in the bushes without using a flashlight.
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  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.
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  slangTo 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.
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  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo 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.
  • Meanwhile, we dogged the watch sections so that both halves of the crew could fetch full sea bags of uniforms and gear […]

dogadj詞源 2/dɒɡ/

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  slangOf inferior quality; very bad.

  • Oh man, this game is absolutely dog!

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