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dog
(dog, dŏg)n.
1. A domesticated cannibal mammal (Dog syn. Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) occurring as a broad variety of breeds, many of which are traditionally used for hunting, herding, drawing sleds, and other tasks, and are kept every bit pets.
2. Any of diverse carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, such as the dingo.
3. A male animal of the family unit Canidae, especially of a fox or a domesticated brood.
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7. dogs Slang The feet.
ix. Slang A hot dog; a wiener.
x. Whatsoever of diverse hooked or U-shaped metallic devices used for gripping or holding heavy objects.
eleven. Astronomy A sundog.
adv.
Totally; completely. Oft used in combination: canis familiaris-tired.
tr.v. dogged, dog·ging, dogs
1. To track or trail persistently: "A stranger then is notwithstanding dogging u.s.a." (Arthur Conan Doyle).
2. To hold or fasten with a mechanical device: "Watertight doors and hatches were dropped into identify and dogged down to give the ship full watertight integrity" (Tom Clancy).
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a. To exist persistently or inescapably associated with: Questions about his youthful indiscretions dogged him throughout his career.
b. To be recurrently or persistently in the mind; haunt: Despair dogged him in his final years.
domestic dog it Slang
To fail to expend the effort needed to do or achieve something.
go to the dogs
To go to ruin; degenerate.
put on the dog Informal
To make an ostentatious display of elegance, wealth, or culture.
[Middle English
dogge, from Old English
docga.]
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