dirty dog

Questions about dirty dog

What does dirty dog mean?

dirty dog means "a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible".

What is another word for dirty dog?

Close synonyms include rotter, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dirty dog a common word?

dirty dog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.