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Dog
dɒɡ
- a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, non-retractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice
- a wild animal of the dog family
- the male of an animal of the dog family, or of some other mammals such as the otter
"a dog fox"
- greyhound racing
"a night at the dogs"
- an unpleasant, contemptible, or wicked man
"he was interrupted by cries of ‘dirty dog!’"
- used to refer to a person of a specified kind in a tone of playful reprimand, commiseration, or congratulation
"your historian is a dull dog"
- used to refer to someone who is abject or miserable, especially because they have been treated harshly
"I make him work like a dog"
- a woman regarded as unattractive
- an informer or traitor
"one day she's going to turn dog on you"
- a thing of poor quality
"a dog of a film"
- a horse that is slow or difficult to handle
- used in names of dogfishes, e.g. sandy dog, spur-dog
- a mechanical device for gripping
- feet
- barriers used to keep horses off a particular part of the track
- follow (someone) closely and persistently
"photographers seemed to dog her every step"
- (of a problem) cause continual trouble for
"the twenty-nine-year-old has constantly been dogged by controversy"
- act lazily; fail to try one's hardest
"Eric had a reputation for dogging it a little"
- grip (something) with a mechanical device
"she has dogged the door shut"