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dogfood en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From dog + food.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of dog food.
   alt of dog food

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
dogfoods	Number=Plur		lexicographic
dog-food		alternative	lexicographic
dog food		alternative	lexicographic

dogfood en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From dog + food.

Meanings

1. (slang, transitive) To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
   • We're dog-fooding that release now, in three-weekly sprints. 2012, Sam Guckenheimer, Neno Loje, Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio: From Concept to Continuous Feedback, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 259:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
dogfooded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
dogfooded	Tense=Past		lexicographic
dogfooding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
dogfoods	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
dog food		alternative	lexicographic
dog-food		alternative	lexicographic