Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dogecoin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdəʊd͡ʒkɔɪn/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From doge + coin.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A cryptocurrency featuring the Shiba Inu from the "doge" meme as its logo.
    • The net worth of Markus and Palmer is unknown due to their tendency to stay off social media and online platforms. However, dogecoin was estimated to be worth almost $17billion as of April 14, 2021. 2021 April 16, Jacob Bentley-York, “Who are Dogecoin founders Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer?”, in The US Sun, retrieved 28 Apr 2021:
    • The success of ransomware could be attributed to wide adoption of digital currencies or crypto currencies, such as bitcoin, litecoin ukash, dogecoin, ripple and monero, among others. 2017 August 19, Roderick Abad, “Slow Internet speed helping PHL fend off cyber felons”, in Business Mirror:
  2. (countable) A unit of this currency. Symbols: Ð, DOGE.
    • Litke and Shear say mining that many dogecoins couldn't be accomplished with the hijacked storage devices alone—each has the cryptocurrency mining power of a smartphone, they say. 2014 June 17, Andy Greenberg, “Hacker Hijacks Storage Devices, Mines $620,000 in Dogecoin”, in Wired:
    • And there really are a lot of people willing to pay cash (or at least Bitcoins, which are easily converted into cash) for dogecoins. 2013 December 26, Timothy B. Lee, “Dogecoins and Litecoins and Peercoins oh my: What you need to know about Bitcoin alternatives”, in Washington Post:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dogecoins Number=Plur lexicographic
Dogecoin alternative lexicographic

Hypernyms

memecoin

Relateds

bitcoin

Translations (1)

fr dogecoin (cryptocurrency)