red-dog

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red dawg, dog]
- /rɛd dɔg, dɒg/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red dawg, dog]
- /rɛd dɔg, dɒg/

Definitions of red-dog word

verb with object red-dog to charge directly for (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped. 1
verb without object red-dog to red-dog the passer. 1
noun red-dog a gambling game played by two to ten persons with a pack of 52 cards, in which players bet in turn that their hands contain a card of the same suit as the top card of the stock and of higher rank. 1
noun red-dog blitz (sense 3) blitz (sense 5) blitz verb intransitive 0

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Origin of red-dog

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Red-dog

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Red-dog

red-dog popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% 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.