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dog `noun` [ dɒɡ ]

• a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.

Similar: canine, hound, mongrel, cur, tyke, bitch, pup, puppy, whelp, doggy, pooch, mutt, pupper, doggo, man's best friend, Rover, Fido, mong, bitzer,

• an unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked man.

• "he was interrupted by cries of ‘dirty dog!’"

• used in names of dogfishes, e.g. sandy dog, spur-dog.

• a mechanical device for gripping.

• feet.

• barriers used to keep horses off a particular part of the track.

dog `verb`

• follow (someone) closely and persistently.

• "photographers seemed to dog her every step"

Similar: pursue, follow, stalk, track, trail, shadow, hound, plague, beset, bedevil, assail, beleaguer, blight, trouble, torment, haunt, tail,

• act lazily; fail to try one's hardest.

• "Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little"

• grip (something) with a mechanical device.

• "she has dogged the door shut"

Origin: Old English docga, of unknown origin.

dog and bone

• a phone.

dog eat dog

• used to refer to a situation of fierce competition in which people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed.
"New York is a dog-eat-dog society"

a dog's age

• a very long time.
"the best I've seen in a dog's age"

dogs bark, but the caravans move on

• people may make a fuss, but it won't change the situation.

the dog's bollocks

• a person or thing that is the best of its kind.

a dog's breakfast

• a poor piece of work; a mess.
"we made a real dog's breakfast of it"

a dog's life

• an unhappy existence, full of problems or unfair treatment.
"he led poor Amy a dog's life"

the dogs of war

• the havoc accompanying military conflict.
"the strategy would let loose the dogs of nuclear war"

dressed up like a dog's dinner

• wearing ridiculously smart or ostentatious clothes.
"look at her, dressed up like a dog's dinner"

every dog has its day

• everyone will have good luck or success at some point in their lives.

give a dog a bad name and hang him

• it's very difficult to lose a bad reputation, even if it's unjustified.

go to the dogs

• deteriorate shockingly.
"the country is going to the dogs"

have a dog in the fight

• be affected by or have a particular interest in the outcome of a situation.
"you don't even live here, therefore you don't have a dog in this fight"

like a dog with two tails

• used to emphasize how delighted someone is.
"‘Is he pleased?’ ‘Like a dog with two tails.’"

not a dog's chance

• no chance at all.
"you wouldn't have a dog's chance"

put on the dog

• behave in a pretentious or ostentatious way.
"we have to put on the dog for Anne Marie"

throw someone to the dogs

• discard someone as worthless.
"young people look upon the older person as someone to be thrown to the dogs"

you can't teach an old dog new tricks

• you cannot make people change their ways.

why keep a dog and bark yourself?

• why pay someone to work for you and then do the work yourself?

dog noun [ dɒɡ ]

dog verb

dog `noun` [ dɒɡ ]

dog `verb`