dog-nose adjective 1verb 2forms 3 adjective1 •Related to a dog’s noseHe would smash his face into the doors at the end of his walks, trying to hasten their opening, and leave his little brown dog-nose smudges at his level. — 2011 verb2 •To nose around like a dog, to sniff as if searchingWhile Colonel John W. Sink, th’ eminent Grand Island cigar manufacturer, was out “dog-nosing” jack rabbits th’ other night, a glee club serenaded his home for two hours without response. — 1916 •To diagnoseSo I dog-nosed my case, as it were, and proved to her that it was something that couldn’t be reached by boneset tea. — 1899 formsdog-nosed · dog-nosing · dog-noses
