dog

dog¹ W1S1 [dɔg US do:g] n

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1¦(animal)¦

2¦(male animal)¦

3¦(woman)¦

4 dog eat dog

5 be going to the dogs

6¦(dishonest)¦

7 a dog's life

8 make a dog's breakfast of something

9 a dog's dinner

10 not have a dog's chance

11 every dog has its/his day

12 like a dog with two tails

13¦(feet)¦

14¦(poor quality)¦

15 dog and pony show

16 be the dog's bollocks

17 the dogs

18 put on the dog

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[: Old English; Origin: docga]

1.) ¦(ANIMAL)¦

a common animal with four legs, fur, and a tail. Dogs are kept as pets or trained to guard places, find drugs etc

→↑puppy

▪ I could hear a dog barking .

▪ a pack of stray dogs

▪ What breed of dog is she?

2.) ¦(MALE ANIMAL)¦

a male dog, ↑fox, or ↑wolf

→↑bitch

3.) ¦(WOMAN)¦

informal not polite an offensive word meaning an unattractive woman

4.) dog eat dog

when people compete against each other and will do anything to get what they want

▪ It's a dog eat dog world out there.

5.) be going to the dogs informal

if a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is getting worse and will be difficult to improve

6.) ¦(DISHONEST)¦

informal not polite an offensive word for an unpleasant or dishonest man

▪ You dirty dog !

7.) a dog's life

spoken a life that is difficult and unpleasant, with very little pleasure

▪ His wife's a nag who leads him a dog's life (=makes his life unpleasant) .

8.) make a dog's breakfast of sth

BrE informal to do something very badly

▪ The orchestra made a complete dog's breakfast of the fourth movement.

9.) a dog's dinner

BrE informal something that is meant to be impressive or fashionable but that other people think is not

▪ She was dressed up like a dog's dinner .

10.) not have a dog's chance

BrE informal to have no chance of being successful

11.) every dog has its/his day

used to say that even the most unimportant person has a time in their life when they are successful and important

12.) like a dog with two tails

BrE informal very pleased and happy because something good has happened

13.) ¦(FEET)¦

dogs [plural] AmE informal feet

▪ Boy, my dogs really hurt.

14.) ¦(POOR QUALITY)¦

AmE informal something that is of very poor quality

15.) dog and pony show

AmE an event that has only been organized so that people can admire it and think that it is impressive, not for any real purpose

16.) be the dog's bollocks

BrE informal a very rude expression used to say that something is very good

17.) the dogs

BrE informal a sports event consisting of a series of races for dogs

18.) put on the dog

AmE old-fashioned to pretend to be richer, more clever etc than you really are

→the hair of the dog at ↑hair, ↑shaggy dog story,as sick as a dog at ↑sick¹ (1), let sleeping dogs lie at ↑sleep¹ (6), the tail wagging the dog at ↑tail¹ (11), ↑top dog,treat someone like a dog at ↑treat¹ (1)

dog ²

dog² past tense and past participle dogged present participle dogging

v [T]

1.) if a problem or bad luck dogs you, it causes trouble for a long time

▪ He has been dogged by injury all season.

2.) to follow close behind someone