noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of dog form-of, plural
2. 2
   Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat. US, plural, plural-only, slang

   "My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi."

3. 3
   plural of DOG form-of, plural
4. 4
   Toes US, plural, plural-only, slang

   "Time to let the dogs out to play. (While taking off shoes.)"

5. 5
   A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing. plural, plural-only, usually

   "I lost money at the dogs last night."

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6. 6
   Fasteners securing a watertight hatch. plural, plural-only

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of dog form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

chaseclickhoundpawlandironbitch

Example

More examples

"Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it."

Related phrases

dogs are barkinggone to the dogslet sleeping dogs lierhyming slang

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