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Dog   /dɔg/   Listen
Dog

noun
1.
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds.  Synonyms: Canis familiaris, domestic dog.
2.
A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman.  Synonym: frump.  "She's a real dog"
3.
Informal term for a man.
4.
Someone who is morally reprehensible.  Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, heel, hound.
5.
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.  Synonyms: frank, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst.
6.
A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.  Synonyms: click, detent, pawl.
7.
Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.  Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, firedog.
verb
(past & past part. dogged; pres. part. dogging)
1.
Go after with the intent to catch.  Synonyms: chase, chase after, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail.  "The dog chased the rabbit"



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"Dog" Quotes from Famous Books



... answered Mr. Congreve, retreating to the corner and employing both hands and an immense handkerchief to wipe away the tears. "Has the child everything that she wants, Olive? I—God bless my soul! she looks half dead already, as though she had been starved and treated like a dog! Confound my eyes! but then I must cry; I'd like to take a good out and out bellow, I would, indeed; I haven't felt so stuffed with tears for fifty years. Have you sent word to ...
— Six Girls - A Home Story • Fannie Belle Irving

... the purpose by a civilized society, nor have they Christianity enough to bear a little wrong or disappointment for Christ's sake. No, nor the manliness even to meet an opponent face to face and see it out with him like a man; but with the cunning of a mean and vicious dog, he steals behind him in the dark and shoots him in the back, or murders the helpless woman of his family, or shoots out the eyes of the poor man's horse, or cuts the throat of his bullock and spikes his ...
— Is Ulster Right? • Anonymous

... something powerful plain but he can't just make it out. Don't sound like anything he ever heard, afore. Now hit sounds like a big dog growling an' then again hit sounds ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

... for a Child What makes Summer? Mother Nature The Mistletoe Professor Noctutus Bird-Songs Riddles Baby Up and Down Up in the Tree A Baby-Sermon Little Bo-Peep Little Boy Blue Willie's Question King Cole Said and Did Dr. Doddridge's Dog The Girl that Lost Things A Make-Believe The Christmas Child A Christmas ...
— Poetical Works of George MacDonald, Vol. 2 • George MacDonald

... went dashing up to the monster and barked bravely at its heels. It leaped nimbly away when the Robot stooped to seize it. Then, from the Robot's chest, the dull-red torch beam leaped out and down. It caught the little dog, and clung to it for an instant. The dog stood transfixed; its bark turned to a yelp; then a gurgle. In a moment it fell on its side; then lay motionless with ...
— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various


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