Word Finder - dog

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

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The dog barked all night long.

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

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

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A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

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She’s a real dog.

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A man (derived from definition 2).

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He's a silly dog.

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A coward.

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Come back and fight, you dogs!

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Someone who is morally reprehensible.

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You dirty dog.

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A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

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Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

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A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)

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A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

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The dogs were too hot to touch.

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The eighteenth Lenormand card.

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A hot dog.

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Underdog.

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(almost always in the plural) Foot.

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(from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

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My dog is dead.

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One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

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A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

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To pursue with the intent to catch.

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To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

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

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To fasten a hatch securely.

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

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

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

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To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

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A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.

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To criticize.

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To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

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Meat from a dog eaten as food.

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

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Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.

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

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

Does a dog have ears?

My dog scared them away.

Then let's have a seat and watch the puppy dog parade.

He held out his hand for the dog to sniff, but Nikolai nuzzled his nose into it instead.

This dog helped him watch the sheep.

The poor owner of the crumpled van sobbed over her accordioned quarter panel, her pocket dog howling in accompaniment.

There were small white houses here, one with a dog that barked as she passed.

Our dog spotted a rabbit crossing his driveway and lurched forward to give chase, tangling me in his leash as I answered.

I couldn't imagine you'd take that long for a dog walk.

Jackson scratched his ear and the dog sat, enjoying the attention.

My dog friends seem to understand my limitations, and always keep close beside me when I am alone.

She was as nervous as a cat in a dog pound.

Carmen dreamed all night about being chased by a dog with red hair.

The Great Pyrenees dog had adopted the buffalo calves shortly after they were born.

I shall not be afraid of Fauntleroy's great dog Dougal.

There were eight pigeons on the roof of the house, and a great dog on the step.

I wonder if that nasty dog is in need of a walk.

I was pleased with anything that made a noise and liked to feel the cat purr and the dog bark.

And the soldier, pushing away a little dog that was jumping up at him, returned to his place and sat down.

The shepherd and his dog could not keep them together.

Why are you mopping around like your dog didn't make it across the Interstate?

With time on my hands and not even a dog to talk to, I turned to the computer.

When we went home we saw eight rabbits and two fat puppies, and a nice little white pony, and two wee kittens and a pretty curly dog named Don.

Well, I am like any other dog as long as it's not a question of coursing.

We were all as nervous as cats at a dog pound.

Nicholas, what a fine dog Trunila is!

Then he added, You should be pleased, not looking like your dog just died.

Some hunter's dog had probably dug it out.

Whenever we needed a few moments alone, a dog walk was suggested and eagerly accepted.

The barn door was open and the goats were scattering, forcing the dog to race from one end of the lot to the other.

He was headed for the dog food factory.

He had only a dog and some cats to keep him company.

Whenever it is possible, my dog accompanies me on a walk or ride or sail.

Afterward she tried to read it to Belle (the dog) and Mildred.

However far he has walked, whatever strange, unknown, and dangerous places he reaches, just as a sailor is always surrounded by the same decks, masts, and rigging of his ship, so the soldier always has around him the same comrades, the same ranks, the same sergeant major Ivan Mitrich, the same company dog Jack, and the same commanders.

This little dog lived in their shed, sleeping beside Karataev at night; it sometimes made excursions into the town but always returned again.

The lead dog was the Chow she had recognized the night the dogs attacked Brutus.

Instantly she caught the idea, and asked me to find DOG and many other words.

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief.

The sack and dog moved about two feet.

I have had many dog friends--huge mastiffs, soft-eyed spaniels, wood-wise setters and honest, homely bull terriers.

As he finished the conversation, Donald Ryland emerged from his room, looking as if his dog had died.

The massive shepherd mix dog sleeping on her couch rose and trotted across the small apartment to her.

Of these by far the most remarkable is the Scott monument in East Princes Street Gardens, designed by George Meikle Kemp (1795-1844); it is in the form of a spiral Gothic cross with a central canopy beneath which is a seated statue of Scott with his dog " Maida " at his side, by Sir John Steell, the niches being occupied by characters in Sir Walter's writings.

It looks like she was bit by a dog.

The Dogs Act 1865 rendered owners of dogs liable for injuries to cattle and sheep; the Dogs Act 1906 extended the owner's liability for injury done to any cattle by a dog, and further, where a dog is proved to have injured cattle or chased sheep it may be treated as a dangerous dog and must be kept under proper control or be destroyed.

Throughout three years such a dog failed to learn that the attendant's lifting it from the cage at a certain hour was the preliminary circumstance of the feedinghour; yet it did exhibit hunger, and would refuse further food when a sufficiency had been taken.

At length, in the war of 1812, her dwelling was set on fire by English soldiers, prisoners on parole, when she was away, and her cat and dog and hens were all burned up together.

And the Cossacks looked round in surprise at the sound, like the yelp of a dog, with which Denisov turned away, walked to the wattle fence, and seized hold of it.

Together we let a dog choose us at the local humane society.