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noun | verb dogdog1 /dɔg/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYdog1Origin: Old English docga ► walking the dog I saw her in the park walking the dog. ► Stray dogs Stray dogs roamed the streets. 1 ANIMAL a very common animal with four legs that is often kept as a pet or used for guarding buildings: I could hear a dog barking. I saw her in the park walking the dog. Stray dogs roamed the streets. What breed of dog is it?2UNPLEASANT MAN (also dirty dog) informal a man who behaves badly and treats others badly: He’s such a dog. I can’t believe he would cheat on you like that.3be going to the dogs informal if an organization, company, etc. is going to the dogs, it is getting much worse and will be difficult to improve: This country’s really going to the dogs.4dog eat dog used when describing a situation in which people compete against each other and will do anything to get what they want: It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there.5every dog has its/his day an expression used to mean that even the most unimportant person has a time of success in his or her life6it’s a dog’s life spoken used to say that life is difficult and full of hard work and worry, with very little pleasure7FOOD informal a hot dog8POOR QUALITY informal something that is not of good quality: It was a dog of a movie.9put on the dog old-fashioned to behave or dress in a way that makes people notice how wealthy, intelligent, etc. you are, especially when this annoys people10a dog and pony show informal a very impressive event, usually organized to help sell a product11a dog in the manger someone who will not let other people use or have something, even though he or she does not need it for personal use12FEET dogs [plural] informal feet13MALE ANIMAL science, biology a male dog, fox, and some other animals → bitch[Origin: Old English docga] → see also be in the doghouse at doghouse (2), a/the hair of the dog (that bit you) at hair (13), (you) lucky dog! at lucky (8), shaggy-dog story, let sleeping dogs lie at sleep1 (5), it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog at tail1 (12), top dog at top2 (5) noun | verb dogdog2 ●○○ verb (dogged, dogging) [transitive] VERB TABLEdog |
Present | I, you, we, they | dog | | he, she, it | dogs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dogged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dogged | | he, she, it | has dogged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dogged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dog | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dogged |
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Present | I | am dogging | | he, she, it | is dogging | | you, we, they | are dogging | Past | I, he, she, it | was dogging | | you, we, they | were dogging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dogging | | he, she, it | has been dogging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dogging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dogging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dogging |
1if a problem, bad luck, etc. dogs you, it does not go away and causes trouble for a long time: She was dogged by injuries all season.2to follow closely behind someone: The press dogged him relentlessly.3slang a)to make jokes about someone in order to embarrass him or her b)to defeat someone badly, especially in a sport or a game4dog it informal to not try as hard as you should or need to in order to do something |