[dog] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE docga] (bef. 12c) 1 a: canid; esp: a highly variable domestic mammal (Canis familiaris) closely related to the common wolf (Canis lupus) b: a male dog; also: a male usu. carnivorous mammal
2. a: a worthless person b: fellow, chap "a lazy ~" "you lucky ~" 3 a: any of various usu. simple mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening that consist of a spike, bar, or hook b: andiron
4: uncharacteristic or affected stylishness or dignity "put on the ~"
5. cap: either of the constellations Canis Major or Canis Minor
6. pl: feet
7. pl: ruin "going to the ~s" 8: one inferior of its kind: as a: an investment not worth its price b: an undesirable piece of merchandise 9: an unattractive person and esp. a girl or woman 10: hot dog 1 -- dog.like adj
[2]dog adj (14c) 1: canine
2: spurious; esp: unlike that used by native speakers or writers "~ Latin" "~ French" [3]dog vt dogged ; dog.ging (1519) 1 a: to hunt or track like a hound b: to worry as if by pursuit with dogs: plague
2: to fasten with a dog -- dog it : to fail to do one's best: goldbrick [4]dog adv (ca. 1552): extremely, utterly "dog-tired"