DOG'S LETTER


Meaning of DOG'S LETTER in English

the letter r, esp. when representing a trill.

[ 1585-95; trans. of L littera canina, from the resemblance of the sound of the trill to a dog's snarl ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .