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say it: dawg
dog is a noun and verb meaning "a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds". It carries 8 recorded senses.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
“the dog barked all night”
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
“she got a reputation as a frump”
“she's a real dog”
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dog come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.