bedogv.
/bɪˈdɒɡ/ 1. transitive. To call ‘dog’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names > specific
knavec1525
beknavea1529
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berascal1596
rascal1598
belout1605
behypocrite1612
bewhorea1616
beslave1630
beroguea1658
bebeast1659
bemonster1692
slave1719
bevillaina1734
be-coward1752
be-blockhead1768
bescoundrel1786
bedog1794
1794 J. Wolcot Rowland for Oliver in Wks. II. 260 Be-dogging this poor singer, that be-bitching.
2. To follow about like a dog, to dog.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > follow closely
to foot and handc1300
to follow foot-hot1513
shadow1602
tantony1675
to stick to ——1801
to tread or follow on the kibes of1820
bedog1858
tag1884
hotfoot1902
1858 E. J. Trelawny Rec. Shelley, Byron (1878) ii. 57 Envy, malice, and hatred bedogged his steps.
Derivatives
beˈdogged adj. Become like a dog.
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1692 J. Smith Scarronnides 43 She had told her dear bedogged.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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