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dogs en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɔɡz/ (US)
  • /dɒɡz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɑɡz/ (cot-caught-merger)

Meanings

  1. (US, plural, plural-only, slang) Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.
    • My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of dog
    form of dog
  3. (US, plural, plural-only, slang) Toes
    • Time to let the dogs out to play. (While taking off shoes.)
  4. (plural, plural-only, usually, with the) A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.
    • I lost money at the dogs last night.
  5. (plural, plural-only) Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.

Deriveds

let sleeping dogs lie · gone to the dogs · dogs are barking

dogs en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɔɡz/ (US)
  • /dɒɡz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɑɡz/ (cot-caught-merger)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of dog
    form of dog