Word Explorer

Dog

/dɑɡ/

A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

📖 Definitions of "Dog"

noun
  1. 1

    A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

    "The dog barked all night long."

  2. 2

    Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.

  3. 3

    A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

  4. 4

    A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

    "She’s a real dog."

verb
  1. 1

    To pursue with the intent to catch.

  2. 2

    To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

    "The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step."

  3. 3

    To fasten a hatch securely.

    "It is very important to dog down these hatches..."

  4. 4

    To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

    "I admit that I like to dog at my local country park."

noun
  1. 1

    Meat from a dog eaten as food.

    "We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time."

  2. 2

    Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.

  3. 3

    An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.

    "Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!"

Translate “Dog” into Another Language

Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.