DOG

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English docga Date: before 12th century 1. canid , a male ~, 2. a worthless or contemptible person, fellow , chap , 3. any of various usually simple mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening that consist of a spike, bar, or hook, andiron , uncharacteristic or affected stylishness or dignity , either of the constellations Canis Major or Canis Minor, feet , ruin , one inferior of its kind , an investment not worth its price, an undesirable piece of merchandise, an unattractive person, hot ~ 1, ~like adjective II. adjective Date: 14th century canine , spurious , III. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1519 1. to hunt, track, or follow like a hound , to worry as if by pursuit with ~s ; plague , to bother or pester persistently , to fasten with a ~, IV. adverb Date: 1526 extremely , utterly