dawg en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɔɡ/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /dɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /doːɡ/ (Australia)
- /dɔːɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of dog.
alt of dog
That dawg won't hunt.
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(US, slang) Term of address for a close, usually male, friend.
I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!
2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:“Totes malotes, dawg,” Abby shot me with a finger-gun. “And trust me, I'm amazing at it, just like everything else. So, order the pizza, Sandy, and let's get this show on the road. This is going to be f-u-u-u-u-u-u-n.”
2019 December 8, K. M. Bishop, Fake It For Me, K. M. Bishop:“Wow. What do you know? Huh. That was easy.” “Totes malotes, dawg.” “Just kind of hard to believe, you know?” “Believe it, Morty. And once again, I'm flying away with everything I can carry, and the Zigerions got nothing of mine.”
2014 January 13, Tom Kauffman, “M. Night Shaym-Aliens!” (11:23 from the start), in Rick and Morty, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Rick Sanchez (Justin Roiland):All up in my phone, lookin' at pictures from the other night / She gon' be upset if she keep scrollin' to the left, dawg
2014, “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”, performed by Drake:Sup, dawg?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dawgs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
marrow · chuck · geezer · pal · geez · companion · shag · sport · tovarish · crony · cove · cobber · fam · gink · buddy · mucker · matey · peeps · old bean · chum · lover · comrade · cock · fettler · chaver · dude · wantok · china · homie · homeskillet · butty · mate · babber · friend · bredrin · cocker · pardner · buddo · bruv · duck · punk · compadre · good old boy · dawg · bud · kith · surry · billy