What does "dogger" mean?
A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
Dogger
/ˈdɒ.ɡə/ name, noun
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
- Grammar: dogger is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: dog.
- Usage evidence: Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
- 2 A participant in the sexual activity of dogging. British
- 3 A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
- 4 A wild dog trapper employed in the pastoral industry. Australia
- 5 A dogman. Australia, New-Zealand
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- 6 Synonym of doggo (“a dog”). diminutive, endearing, humorous
"Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!"
Proper Noun
- 1 A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; the name of a shipping forecast area.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "dogger"?
Common synonyms include: dog.
How do you use "dogger" in a sentence?
Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!
How do you pronounce "dogger"?
Pronounced /ˈdɒ.ɡə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).
Etymology 2
From dog (verb) + -er.
Etymology 3
From dog + -er.
Etymology 4
From dog (“part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted”) + -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.
Etymology 5
dog + -er but using this suffix playfully in a way it is not normally used; essentially just a nonsense substitution of syllable -er where the diminutive suffixes -o or -ie or -y would normally stand, while also facetiously construable as the agent noun for being a dog, if to dog meaning to be a dog were a unitary English verb: thus, the agent noun would denote one who exhibits dogness. More at Wikipedia at DoggoLingo § Structure and usage.