Dog
/dɑɡ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Dog
noun
- 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."
- Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
- A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
"She’s a real dog."
- A man (derived from definition 2).
"He's a silly dog."
verb
- To pursue with the intent to catch.
- To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
"The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step."
- To fasten a hatch securely.
"It is very important to dog down these hatches..."
- To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
"I admit that I like to dog at my local country park."
- To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
"A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it."
noun
- Meat from a dog eaten as food.
"We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time."
- Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.
- 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!"
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canis caniscanis domesticuscanis familiariscaninedomestic doghoundsirestudblokechapdudefellowguymanclick