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- [doh-gee]
- /ˈdoʊ gi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [doh-gee]
- /ˈdoʊ gi/
Definitions of dogie word
- noun dogie a motherless calf in a cattle herd. 1
- noun dogie A motherless or neglected calf. 1
- noun dogie a motherless calf 0
- noun dogie a stray or motherless calf 0
- noun dogie (Colloquial) (cowboy slang) A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow. 0
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Origin of dogie
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90, Americanism; origin obscure; alleged to be doughg(uts) + -ie
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Parts of speech for Dogie
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dogie popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dogie
noun dogie
- yearling — an animal in its second year.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- heifer — a young cow over one year old that has not produced a calf.
- veal — Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- freemartin — a female calf that is born as a twin with a male and is sterile as a result of exposure to masculinizing hormones produced by the male.
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