Dawg

//dɔːɡ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of dog. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling

    "That dawg won't hunt."

  2. 2
    Initialism of directed acyclic word graph. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Term of address for a close, usually male, friend. US, slang

    "Sup, dawg?"

Synonyms

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amigobabberbillybirdblokeboyfriend

Antonyms

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sheila

Example

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"“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.”"

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