Dogfood

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of dog food. US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users. slang, transitive

    "We're dog-fooding that release now, in three-weekly sprints."

Synonyms

All synonyms
eat one's own dog food

Example

More examples

"The mischievous boys put dogfood around Tom's pillow in the middle of the night. Tom woke up with dogs that drooled, crunched and swallowed near his face in the dark."

Etymology

From dog + food.

Related phrases

eat one's own dog foodend user

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