dog

noun26

1. •
   an animal like a wolf that people keep at home or use to guard places and hunt

   • The dog barked all night long.
2. •
   A mammal of the family Canidae.
3. •
   Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and their relatives (extant and extinct).

   • This includes the development of hyena-like bone crushers (Osteoborus and Borophagus), a large bone-crushing hunting dog (Aelurodon), and another borophagine frugivorous dog (Carpocyon). — 1989
4. •
   (figurative) A person.
5. •
   (slang, figurative) A man, guy, chap.

   • You lucky dog!
6. •
   (offensive, figurative) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.

   • Come back and fight, you dogs!
   • You dirty dog.
7. •
   (informal) Something that performs poorly.

   • That modification turned his Dodge hemi into a dog.
8. •
   (informal) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

   • Blue was released, and as Redford had predicted, it was a dog. — 1969
9. •
   A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.

   • Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […] — 1994
10. •
    [before a noun] A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

    • Entirely disregarding sex, Ch. Searchlight has a beautiful Cocker head, but as he is a dog, his head is too fine and far too much upon the bitchy order. — 1908
11. •
    (offensive, figurative) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

    • She’s a real dog.
12. •
    (slang) An underdog.
13. •
    [in the plural] (slang) Foot; toe.

    • My dogs are barking!
    • You look good in those shoes with your dogs out!
14. •
    (rare) The meat of this animal, eaten as food.

    • Did you know that they eat dog in parts of Asia?
15. •
    (disapproving, figurative) A sexually aggressive man.

    • DJ Paul is a dog; one you do not trust. — 2005
16. •
    A mechanical device or support.
17. •
    Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

    • Whenever possible, let the tree support the weight of the chainsaw. Pivot the saw, using the saw's dogs (spikes) as a fulcrum. — 2009
18. •
    A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.
19. •
    (historical) A double-ended side spike driven through a hole in the flange of a rail on a tramway.
20. •
    A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

    • The dogs were too hot to touch.
21. •
    A dance having a brief vogue in the 1960s in which the actions of a dog were mimicked.

    • Hmm, see the girl with the red dress on She can do the dog all night long. — 1964
22. •
    (slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

    • My dog is dead.
23. •
    (offensive, figurative) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
24. •
    The eighteenth Lenormand card.
25. •
    One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
26. •
    (no longer used) A cock, as of a gun.

verb7

1. •
   To pursue with the intent to catch.
2. •
   To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

   • The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   (slang) To criticize.
5. •
   To fasten a hatch securely.

   • It is very important to dog down these hatches.
6. •
   (slang) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

   • I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
7. •
   To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

   • A. We never stood 4 to 8 p.m. watches, sir. We dogged our watches. Q. I suppose that is 6 to 8 p.m., then; it is a little indistinct. I mean the second dog watch. — 1902

adjective1

1. •
   (slang) Of inferior quality; very bad.

   • Oh man, this game is absolutely dog!

noun2

1. •
   Initialism of digital on-screen graphic.
2. •
   Initialism of digitally originated graphic.

noun1

1. •
   radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.