Alpha-dog
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To behave like an alpha dog; to behave in a crassly dominant manner, especially at the expense of another male. US, informal
"At the left was Mr. Trump, the volatile presence who alpha-dogged a season of Republican debates. Now he grimaced, squinted, nodded, pursed his lips, sniffed, huffed and interrupted, becoming, over the night, an agitated man in a box."
Example
More examples"At the left was Mr. Trump, the volatile presence who alpha-dogged a season of Republican debates. Now he grimaced, squinted, nodded, pursed his lips, sniffed, huffed and interrupted, becoming, over the night, an agitated man in a box."
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