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Dog   /dɔg/   Listen
Dog

noun
1.
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds.  Synonyms: Canis familiaris, domestic dog.
2.
A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman.  Synonym: frump.  "She's a real dog"
3.
Informal term for a man.
4.
Someone who is morally reprehensible.  Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, heel, hound.
5.
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.  Synonyms: frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst.
6.
A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.  Synonyms: click, detent, pawl.
7.
Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.  Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, firedog.
verb
(past & past part. dogged; pres. part. dogging)
1.
Go after with the intent to catch.  Synonyms: chase, chase after, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail.  "The dog chased the rabbit"



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"Dog" Quotes from Famous Books



... said, 'at last, I get mad. When they come one day, shouting, "You damn Dago, dirty dog," and will take my hat again, oh, I get mad, and I would kill them, I would kill them, I am so mad. I run to them, and throw one to the floor, and I tread on him while I go upon another, the biggest. Though ...
— Twilight in Italy • D.H. Lawrence

... Williams none would tell me, and of the meaning of the name Kanitu none had a guess. It was not Tahitian, it was not Marquesan; it formed no part of that ancient speech of the Paumotus, now passing swiftly into obsolescence. One man, a priest, God bless him! said it was the Latin for a little dog. I have found it since as the name of a god in New Guinea; it must be a bolder man than I who should hint at a connection. Here, then, is a singular thing: a brand-new sect, arising by popular acclamation, and a nonsense ...
— In the South Seas • Robert Louis Stevenson

... when, trotting full of hope by the side of Father Andreas, I entered the main street of the place, and saw its steeple-clock (then striking Eight) and Schuldthurm (Jail), and the aproned or disaproned Burghers moving-in to breakfast: a little dog, in mad terror, was rushing past; for some human imps had tied a tin-kettle to its tail; thus did the agonised creature, loud-jingling, career through the whole length of the Borough, and become notable enough. Fit emblem of many a Conquering Hero, to whom Fate (wedding Fantasy ...
— Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History • Thomas Carlyle

... love you for your misunderstanding. I'm just dog-tired. And too many chocolates. Give me a rest, dear. I'm all ...
— Ptomaine Street • Carolyn Wells

... but powder, meaning only to frighten the thieves. This was certainly the least precaution a man indisposed could take for the common safety of himself and family, having to pass the winter in the midst of a wood, with two timid women. I also procured a little dog to serve as a sentinel. De Leyre coming to see me about this time, I related to him my situation, and we laughed together at my military apparatus. At his return to Paris he wished to amuse Diderot with the ...
— The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete • Jean Jacques Rousseau


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