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Doggy
//ˈdɔ.ɡi// adj, adv, noun, slang
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Doggy style. not-comparable, slang
- 2 Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog. informal
"King Lune […] had just come from making a round of the kennels with his Huntsman and had only stopped for a moment to wash his doggy hands."
- 3 Fond of dogs. informal
Adverb
- 1 Doggy style. not-comparable, slang
Noun
- 1 A dog, especially a small one. childish, countable, endearing
"That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!"
- 2 informal terms for dogs wordnet
- 3 A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer. UK, countable, informal
"The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]"
- 4 Synonym of corporal. countable, historical, uncountable
"[…] the "doggy" sometimes took a safety-lamp, and sometimes not, when he entered the mine in the morning; whether he did on the morning of the catastrophe was not apparent."
- 5 Ellipsis of doggy style. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
"Her favourite position is doggy."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).
Etymology 2
From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).
Etymology 3
From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).
Etymology 4
From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog + -y (adjectival suffix).
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