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Definition dog in British English

dog noun

[countable] noun
/dɒɡ/
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

Synonyms and related words
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

Synonyms and related words
alpha male billy goat boar
2

someone who is not attractive, especially a woman

Synonyms and related words
nerd hag dag
3

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

4

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.

Synonyms and related words
rubbish reject trash
5

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

Example

Malcolm has been on the dog for three hours.

6

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.

7

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

Example

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

Definition dog in British English

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a dog in the manger (phrase) a dog’s (phrase) attack dog (noun) big dog (noun) dog (noun) dog (verb) dog biscuit (noun) dog collar (noun) dog days (noun) dog dirt (phrase) dog eat dog (phrase) dog handler (noun) dog sled (noun) dog whistle (adjective) dog-eared (adjective) dog-end (noun) dog-tired (adjective) dressed up like a dog’s dinner (phrase) every dog has day (phrase) fight like cat and dog (phrase) give a dog a bad name (phrase) guard dog (noun) guide dog (noun) gun dog (noun) hot dog (noun) like a dog with a bone (phrase) police dog (noun) prairie dog (noun) raw dog (verb) sausage dog (noun) sea dog (noun) Seeing Eye Dog () shaggy dog story (noun) sniffer dog (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)