attack dog

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   a watchdog trained to attack on command

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Questions about attack dog

What does attack dog mean?

attack dog means "a watchdog trained to attack on command".

Is attack dog a common word?

attack dog is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.