black dog

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [blak dawg, dog]
- /blæk dɔg, dɒg/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [blak dawg, dog]
- /blæk dɔg, dɒg/

Definitions of black dog words

noun black dog depression or melancholy 3
noun black dog melancholy; despondency; the blues: The black dog is over him. 1

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Origin of black dog

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Black dog

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Black dog

black dog popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

black dog usage trend in Literature

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