DOG-EARED Meaning of DOG-EARED in English dog-eared /ˈdɒɡ ɪəd $ ˈdɒːɡ ɪrd/ BrE AmE adjective dog-eared books or papers have been used so much that the corners are turned over or torn:a dog-eared novel Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012