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dog

dog
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dawg, dog]
    • /dɔg, dɒg/
    • /dɒɡ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dawg, dog]
    • /dɔg, dɒg/

Definitions of dog word

  • noun dog a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties. 1
  • noun dog any carnivore of the dog family Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears. Compare canid. 1
  • noun dog the male of such an animal. 1
  • noun dog any of various animals resembling a dog. 1
  • noun dog a despicable man or youth. 1
  • noun dog Informal. a fellow in general: a lucky dog. 1

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Origin of dog

First appearance:

before 1050
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English dogge, Old English docga

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Dog

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dog popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

dog usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for dog

verb dog

  • shadow — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
  • plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
  • haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
  • pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).

noun dog

  • canine — Canine means relating to dogs.
  • pooch — a dog.
  • mongrel — a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
  • mutt — a dog, especially a mongrel.
  • bitch — If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.

Antonyms for dog

verb dog

  • run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.

noun dog

  • beaut — You describe someone or something as a beaut when you think they are very good.
  • adorableness — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
  • handsome — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
  • good thing — (convention)   (From the 1930 Sellar and Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised. 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "The Trailblazer's 19.2 Kbaud PEP mode with on-the-fly Lempel-Ziv compression is a Good Thing for sites relaying netnews". 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing". 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "Yacc is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Opposite: Bad Thing, compare big win.
  • apollo — a strikingly handsome youth

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