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Definition dog in American English

dog noun

[countable] noun
/dɔɡ/
1

an animal kept as a pet, for guarding buildings, or for hunting. A young dog is called a puppy

Example

Have you fed the dog?

Example

Out on the street, a dog began to bark.

Example

dog food/biscuits

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dog hound pooch
1.1

a male dog or a male animal that belongs to the same group of animals as dogs, such as a male wolf or fox

Example

a dog fox

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alpha male billy goat boar
Example

He's a lucky dog.

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outlier individual character
2.1

someone who is not attractive, especially a woman

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nerd hag dag
2.2

an unpleasant man

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douche public nuisance creep
3

something that is of bad quality or very unsuccessful

Example

I invested in an Internet start-up but it turned out to be a real dog.

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rubbish reject trash
4

a hot dog

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a rack of lamb/ribs beefsteak breast
5

someone who gives information about people to the police or to another authority

6

a phone: from the Cockney rhyming slang 'dog and bone'

Example

Malcolm has been on the dog for three hours.

7

be represented in a conflict

Example

For those of us who want to change the European Union into a democratic Europe run in the interests of working people, we have no dog in this pathetic fight.

8

for a long time, the same as "for donkey's years"

Example

I haven't seen you in a dog's age

9

used for saying that life is hard, unpleasant and boring

Example

It's a dog's life being a coal miner.

Definition dog in American English

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attack dog (noun) big dog (noun) bird dog (noun) corn dog (noun) dog (noun) dog (verb) dog biscuit (noun) dog collar (noun) dog days (noun) dog eat dog (phrase) dog handler (noun) dog paddle (noun) dog sled (noun) dog tag (noun) dog whistle (adjective) dog-and-pony show (noun) dog-eared (adjective) dog-tired (adjective) every dog has day (phrase) give a dog a bad name (phrase) guard dog (noun) guide dog (noun) gun dog (noun) hot dog (noun) hot dog (interjection) hot dog (verb) it’s a dog’s life (phrase) like a dog with a bone (phrase) police dog (noun) prairie dog (noun) put on the dog (phrase) raw dog (verb) sea dog (noun) Seeing Eye Dog () service dog (noun) shaggy dog story (noun) the hair of the dog (that bit you) (phrase) the tail wagging the dog (phrase) top dog (noun) walk the dog (phrase) you can’t teach an old dog new tricks (phrase)