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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: dog - dogged</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="dog"> dog, noun, verb, dogged, dogging, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a four-legged, flesh-eating mammal used as a pet, for hunting, and for guarding property. Dogs are related to wolves, foxes, and jackals. They are bred in a great number of varieties. Ex. My dog guards the house. His dog hunts rats. <DD> 2. any animal of the same family as the dog, including wolves, foxes, and jackals. <DD> 3. a male of the same family as the dog, such as the fox or wolf. <DD> 4. any one of various animals somewhat like or suggesting a dog, such as the prairie dog or ferret. <DD> 5. (Informal.) a man; fellow. Ex. He is a gay dog. (SYN) chap, blade. <DD> 6. (Figurative.) a low, contemptible man. Ex. Die, like the dog you are! <DD> 7. (Informal.) outward show. <DD> 8. a device similar to a dog's teeth, to hold or grip something. <DD> 9. =andiron. <DD> 10. a fogdog, sundog, or similar meteorological phenomenon. <DD> 11. (U.S. Slang, Figurative.) an unattractive, inferior, or unsuccessful person or thing. Ex. That new singer is a dog. The used-car lots are full of dogs. <DD> 12. (Slang.) =hot dog. <DD>v.t. 1. to hunt or follow like a dog. Ex. The police dogged the suspected thief until they caught him. Spies dogged their footsteps. (SYN) track, pursue. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to worry as if by a dog; beset; afflict. Ex. Injuries dogged the baseball team all season. <DD> 3. to drive or chase with a dog or dogs. <DD> 4. to fasten or secure by means of a mechanical dog. Ex. When the log reached the carriage it was dogged ... by the simple movement of a lever (G. W. Hotchkiss). <DD>v.i. to pursue or follow relentlessly. <DD>adv. thoroughly; extremely; utterly. Ex. He had on a dog-worn coat. expr. dog eat dog, competition characterized by ruthless practices. Ex. If a man is hungry enough, he'll take what he can get and undercut the next fellow by a nickel an hour just to get the job. It's dog eat dog (Time). expr. dog in the manger, (Informal.) a person who prevents others from using or enjoying something of no value to himself (in allusion to the fable of the dog that stationed himself in a manger and would not let the ox or horse eat the hay). Ex. Why, what a dog in the manger you must be--you can't marry them both (Frederick Marryat). expr. dog it, (Informal.) to avoid work; shirk responsibility. Ex. Sometimes a boxer dogs it notoriously until the final minute (New Yorker). expr. dogs, (Slang.) the feet. Ex. My dogs are killing me! expr. every dog has his day, everyone gets some attention or luck sometime in his life. Ex. Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day (Charles Kingsley). expr. go to the dogs, to be ruined. Ex. Rugby and the School-house are going to the dogs (Thomas Hughes). expr. let sleeping dogs lie, to avoid arousing a source of possible trouble; refrain from disturbing the way things are. Ex. It is arguable that the essence of conservatism is to let sleeping dogs lie (Manchester Guardian Weekly). expr. put on (the) dog, (Informal.) to put on an outward show, as of wealth or refinement. Ex. The Italians, by the way, are great dressers, and the more dog ... you can put on the better (Manchester Guardian Weekly). He won't let on he knows me when he's puttin' on dog (A. H. Rice). expr. teach an old dog new tricks, to get an older person to accept new ideas or ways of doing things. Ex. They used to say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but Grandma likes her new washing machine much better than her old washboard. expr. throw to the dogs, to throw away as worthless. Ex. He threw diplomacy to the dogs (W. Irving). </DL> <A NAME="dog"> Dog, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Astronomy.) either of two constellations, Canis Major (Great Dog) or Canis Minor (Little Dog), near Orion. </DL> <A NAME="dogana"> dogana, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) a custom house. </DL> <A NAME="dogape"> dog ape,<DL COMPACT><DD> a baboon or similar monkey. </DL> <A NAME="dogate"> dogate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or authority of a doge. </DL> <A NAME="dogbane"> dogbane, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of plants, many of them poisonous, with clusters of small, white or pink, bell-shaped flowers, including the Indian hemp. Its bitter root was used in medicines as a substitute for ipecac. </DL> <A NAME="dogbanefamily"> dogbane family,<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of dicotyledonous, mainly tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees, having a milky juice. The family includes many poisonous plants as well as others, such as the periwinkle and oleander, that are cultivated for ornament. </DL> <A NAME="dogberry"> dogberry, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the berry or fruit of the European dogwood. <DD> 2. the plant. <DD> 3. any one of various other shrubs or trees, or their fruit, such as the chokeberry, the mountain ash, or one species of wild gooseberry of the United States, and the guelder-rose, the bearberry, and the dog rose of Europe. </DL> <A NAME="dogberry"> Dogberry, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a foolish, talkative constable in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." <DD> 2. an ignorant, pompous official. </DL> <A NAME="dogbiscuit"> dog biscuit,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a hard, dry biscuit for dogs, made from ground food. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) hardtack. </DL> <A NAME="dogcart"> dogcart, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small cart pulled by dogs. <DD> 2. a small, open, horse-drawn carriage with two seats that are back to back. </DL> <A NAME="dogcatcher"> dogcatcher, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is to catch and detain stray or unlicensed dogs. </DL> <A NAME="dogcheap"> dog-cheap, adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) at a very low price. </DL> <A NAME="dogcollar"> dog collar,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a collar for a dog. <DD> 2. a loose chain or cord worn around the neck to hold military identification tags. <DD> 3. a band or necklace of beads or jewels fitting closely around the neck. <DD> 4. (Slang.) the collar of a clergyman. Ex. He's not a bit like a vicar. He doesn't even wear his dog collar except on Sundays (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="dogdaycicada"> dog-day cicada,<DL COMPACT><DD> any of various American cicadas heard especially during the hot days of late summer. </DL> <A NAME="dogdays"> dog days,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a period of very hot and uncomfortable weather during July and August. Ex. Come the crab-grass and the dog days, we'll have faint excuse to flee the trowel for the hammock (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) an evil time. </DL> <A NAME="dogdom"> dogdom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the world of dogs or of those interested in breeding or showing dogs. Ex. the bluest blue ribbon in U.S. dogdom (Time). </DL> <A NAME="doge"> doge, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the chief magistrate of Venice or Genoa when they were republics. </DL> <A NAME="dogear"> dog-ear, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a folded-down corner of a page in a book. Ex. I made a dog-ear to mark the page where I stopped reading. <DD>v.t. to fold down the corner of (a page or pages of a book). </DL> <A NAME="dogeared"> dog-eared, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having pages with corners folded down. </DL> <A NAME="dogeatdog"> dog-eat-dog, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by ruthless practices; fierce; cut-throat. Ex. dog-eat-dog competition. </DL> <A NAME="dogedom"> dogedom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the authority or rule of a doge. <DD> 2. doges as a group. </DL> <A NAME="dogend"> dog-end, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a cigarette butt. Ex. The familiar litter of used cups and dog-ends was much in evidence (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="dogeship"> dogeship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rank, position, or authority of a doge. </DL> <A NAME="dogface"> dogface, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a common soldier; infantryman. </DL> <A NAME="dogfaced"> dog-faced, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a face like that of a dog. Ex. a dog-faced baboon. </DL> <A NAME="dogfall"> dogfall, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a fall in which two wrestlers strike the ground at the same time. <DD> 2. a contest with no victor; draw. Ex. A dogfall thus it ended--a dogfall it deserved to be (Birmingham News). <DD> 3. an inadequate throw of a steer. Ex. In a "dogfall," the steer collapses with its legs tucked under its body, then has to be raised and thrown again (Time). </DL> <A NAME="dogfennel"> dog fennel,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =mayweed. <DD> 2. =heath aster. Also, dog's fennel. </DL> <A NAME="dogfight"> dogfight, noun, verb. -fought, -fighting.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a combat between individual fighter planes at close quarters. Ex. The long dogfights of the past are over ... as far as the struggle between jet and jet is concerned (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). <DD> 2. a brawl; melee. <DD>v.i. to engage in a dogfight. Ex. Chennault argued that the individual dogfighting of World War I was a throwback to the tactics of King Arthur (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="dogfish"> dogfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Also, dogfish shark. <DD> any one of several kinds of small shark, such as the smooth dogfish of the Atlantic and the spiny or piked dogfish of Atlantic and Pacific coasts. <DD> 1. any one of certain other fishes, such as the mudfish, the blackfish of Alaska and Siberia, and the wrasse. </DL> <A NAME="dogfox"> dog fox,<DL COMPACT><DD> a male fox. </DL> <A NAME="dogged"> dogged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not giving up; stubborn; obstinate; persistent. Ex. In spite of his weakness a dogged determination helped him to win the race. (SYN) headstrong, pertinacious. adv. doggedly. noun doggedness. </DL> <A HREF="dogger.dic">NEXT</A>