transcription, транскрипция: [ dɒg, AM dɔ:g ]
( dogs, dogging, dogged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A dog is a very common four-legged animal that is often kept by people as a pet or to guard or hunt. There are many different breeds of dog.
The British are renowned as a nation of dog lovers.
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2.
You use dog to refer to a male dog, or to the male of some related species such as wolves or foxes.
Is this a dog or a bitch?
≠ bitch
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3.
If someone calls a man a dog , they strongly disapprove of him.
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4.
People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality. ( AM INFORMAL )
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5.
If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time.
His career has been dogged by bad luck.
= plague
VERB : V n
6.
see also dogged , guide dog , prairie dog , sniffer dog
7.
You describe something as a dog’s breakfast or dog’s dinner in order to express your disapproval of it, for example because it is very untidy, badly organized, or badly done. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
= mess
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR after v [ disapproval ]
8.
You use dog eat dog to express your disapproval of a situation where everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other people in order to do so.
It is very much dog eat dog out there...
= cut-throat
PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR n [ disapproval ]
9.
If you say that something is going to the dogs , you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality. ( INFORMAL )
They sit in impotent opposition while the country goes to the dogs.
PHRASE : V inflects [ disapproval ]