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Collared

To grab or seize by the collar or neck.

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📖 Definitions of "Collared"

verb

1
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
2
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
"Collar and leash aggressive dogs."
3
To seize, capture or detain.
4
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

adjective

1
Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Collared"

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chokernoun	(fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
neckbandnoun	A band worn around the neck.
dog collarnoun	A collar for a dog.
pinchnoun	To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
catchverb	(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
pick upverb	(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
apprehensionnoun	Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
nabnoun	(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
apprehendverb	(transitive) To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
nailnoun	The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
arrestnoun	(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
copnoun	(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
taking into custodynoun	the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
peccarynoun	Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.
lemmingnoun	(figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.
longspurnoun	A specific type of bird, of the genus Calcarius; it has a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
sunbirdnoun	A bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae.
pratincolenoun	Any of several species of birds in the genera Glareola and Stiltia.
lemmings	a puzzle-strategy video game originally developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga in 1991 and later ported for numerous other platforms.
peccariesnoun	Any of the family Tayassuidae of mammals from the Americas, related to pigs.