<B>Dogberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a foolish, talkative constable in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." <DD><B> 2. </B>an ignorant, pompous official. </DL>
<A NAME="dogbiscuit">
<B>dog biscuit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hard, dry biscuit for dogs, made from ground food. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Slang.) hardtack. </DL>
<A NAME="dogcart">
<B>dogcart, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small cart pulled by dogs. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small, open, horse-drawn carriage with two seats that are back to back. </DL>
<A NAME="dogcatcher">
<B>dogcatcher, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is to catch and detain stray or unlicensed dogs. </DL>
<A NAME="dogcheap">
<B>dog-cheap, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) at a very low price. </DL>
<A NAME="dogcollar">
<B>dog collar,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a collar for a dog. <DD><B> 2. </B>a loose chain or cord worn around the neck to hold military identification tags. <DD><B> 3. </B>a band or necklace of beads or jewels fitting closely around the neck. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) the collar of a clergyman. <BR> <I>Ex. He's not a bit like a vicar. He doesn't even wear his dog collar except on Sundays (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dogdaycicada">
<B>dog-day cicada,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of various American cicadas heard especially during the hot days of late summer. </DL>
<A NAME="dogdays">
<B>dog days,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a period of very hot and uncomfortable weather during July and August. <BR> <I>Ex. Come the crab-grass and the dog days, we'll have faint excuse to flee the trowel for the hammock (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) an evil time. </DL>
<A NAME="dogdom">
<B>dogdom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the world of dogs or of those interested in breeding or showing dogs. <BR> <I>Ex. the bluest blue ribbon in U.S. dogdom (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doge">
<B>doge, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the chief magistrate of Venice or Genoa when they were republics. </DL>
<A NAME="dogear">
<B>dog-ear, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a folded-down corner of a page in a book. <BR> <I>Ex. I made a dog-ear to mark the page where I stopped reading.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to fold down the corner of (a page or pages of a book). </DL>
<A NAME="dogeared">
<B>dog-eared, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having pages with corners folded down. </DL>
<B>dogedom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the authority or rule of a doge. <DD><B> 2. </B>doges as a group. </DL>
<A NAME="dogend">
<B>dog-end, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a cigarette butt. <BR> <I>Ex. The familiar litter of used cups and dog-ends was much in evidence (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dogeship">
<B>dogeship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the rank, position, or authority of a doge. </DL>
<A NAME="dogface">
<B>dogface, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a common soldier; infantryman. </DL>
<A NAME="dogfaced">
<B>dog-faced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a face like that of a dog. <BR> <I>Ex. a dog-faced baboon.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dogfall">
<B>dogfall, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fall in which two wrestlers strike the ground at the same time. <DD><B> 2. </B>a contest with no victor; draw. <BR> <I>Ex. A dogfall thus it ended--a dogfall it deserved to be (Birmingham News).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an inadequate throw of a steer. <BR> <I>Ex. In a "dogfall," the steer collapses with its legs tucked under its body, then has to be raised and thrown again (Time).</I> </DL>
<B>dogfight, </B>noun, verb. <B>-fought,</B> <B>-fighting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a combat between individual fighter planes at close quarters. <BR> <I>Ex. The long dogfights of the past are over ... as far as the struggle between jet and jet is concerned (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a brawl; melee. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to engage in a dogfight. <BR> <I>Ex. Chennault argued that the individual dogfighting of World War I was a throwback to the tactics of King Arthur (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dogfish">
<B>dogfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Also, <B>dogfish shark.</B> <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><B> 1. </B>any one of certain other fishes, such as the mudfish, the blackfish of Alaska and Siberia, and the wrasse. </DL>
<A NAME="dogfox">
<B>dog fox,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a male fox. </DL>
<A NAME="dogged">
<B>dogged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not giving up; stubborn; obstinate; persistent. <BR> <I>Ex. In spite of his weakness a dogged determination helped him to win the race.</I> (SYN) headstrong, pertinacious. adv. <B>doggedly.</B> noun <B>doggedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="dogger">
<B>dogger</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a boat with a broad bow and two masts, used by fishermen in the North Sea. </DL>
<A NAME="dogger">
<B>dogger</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who dogs. <DD><B> 2. </B>(in lumbering) a person who attaches dogs or hooks to a log when it is to be drawn by means of a cable. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Australian.) a person who traps dingoes. </DL>
<A NAME="doggerel">
<B>doggerel, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> very poor poetry; poetry that is not artistic in form or meaning. <BR> <I>Ex. What the child wrote was doggerel; but what she felt and did was often a lyric (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or like doggerel; not artistic; crude; poor. <BR> <I>Ex. doggerel verses. A doggerel ballad ... in which their wrongs were expressed with uncouth vigor (John Motley).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of verse) comic in style and irregular in form. Also, <B>doggrel.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="doggerelist">
<B>doggerelist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a writer of doggerel. <BR> <I>Ex. English born doggerelist Robert W. Service ... successfully mined a heap of gold with his pen (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doggerelize">
<B>doggerelize, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to write or turn into doggerel. </DL>
<A NAME="doggery">
<B>doggery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-geries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>mean or mischievous action or conduct. <DD><B> 2. </B>dogs. <DD><B> 3. </B>worthless people; rabble; riffraff. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a cheap saloon; bar. </DL>
<A NAME="doggie">
<B>doggie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a little dog. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pet name for a dog. Also, <B>doggy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="doggiebag">
<B>doggie bag,</B> =doggy bag.</DL>
<A NAME="doggish">
<B>doggish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or like a dog; canine. <DD><B> 2. </B>mean; surly; snarling; cynical. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) stylish. adv. <B>doggishly.</B> noun <B>doggishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="doggo">
<B>doggo, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) hidden; in hiding. <BR> <I>Ex. to lie doggo.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doggone">
<B>doggone, </B>adjective, <B>-goner,</B> <B>-gonest,</B> adverb, verb, <B>-goned,</B> <B>-goning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><I>adj. </I> damned; darned. <DD><I>adv. </I> very. <BR> <I>Ex. The test was doggone hard.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to damn; darn. <BR> <I>Ex. Doggone it, man! Make haste then! (Mayne Reid).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doggoned">
<B>doggoned, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) doggone. <BR> <I>Ex. Television might be a lot more exciting if the audience and the networks weren't so doggoned predictable (TV Guide).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doggrass">
<B>dog grass,</B> =couch grass.</DL>
<A NAME="doggrel">
<B>doggrel, </B>noun, adjective. =doggerel.</DL>
<A NAME="doggy">
<B>doggy, </B>adjective, <B>-gier,</B> <B>-giest,</B> noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>like a dog. <DD><B> 2. </B>very fond of dogs. <BR> <I>Ex. the doggy set.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) outwardly showy or stylish. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=doggie.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="doggybag">
<B>doggy bag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a bag given to a customer of a restaurant to carry home leftover food supposedly to feed a dog. <BR> <I>Ex. [His] wife couldn't finish her turkey sandwich. The elderly waitress put it in a doggy bag for her (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dogheaded">
<B>dog-headed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a head like that of a dog; cynocephalous. </DL>
<A NAME="doghole">
<B>doghole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hole or a kennel for a dog. <DD><B> 2. </B>a burrow of a prairie dog. <DD><B> 3. </B>a place fit only for dogs; dirty place to live. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a small coal mine. </DL>
<A NAME="doghouse">
<B>doghouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small house or shelter for a dog; kennel. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where the batch is fed into a furnace in glassmaking. <BR><I>expr. <B>in the doghouse,</B> </I>(Slang.) out of favor. <BR> <I>Ex. He is in the doghouse with his mother for stealing cookies. Being in the doghouse, he had already been condemned to some menial task like checking the inventory of bales of carbon paper (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dogie">
<B>dogie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Western U.S. and Canada.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a calf without a mother, especially on the range or in a herd of cattle. <DD><B> 2. </B>an undersized calf; runt. Also, <B>dogy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="doglatin">
<B>dog Latin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>incorrect Latin. <DD><B> 2. </B>an imitation of Latin; English with Latin endings. </DL>
