dog
dog is a 3-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris). Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
- noun. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
- noun. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
- noun. One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
- noun. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
- noun. A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
- noun. An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
- noun. A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
- transitive verb. To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
- noun. a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
"the dog barked all night"
- noun. metal supports for logs in a fireplace
"the andirons were too hot to touch"
- noun. a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- noun. a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
- noun. someone who is morally reprehensible
"you dirty dog"
- noun. informal term for a man
"you lucky dog"
- noun. a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
"she got a reputation as a frump"
"she's a real dog"
- verb. go after with the intent to catch
"The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"
"the dog chased the rabbit"
Synonyms
andiron, firedog, click, detent, pawl, frank, frankfurter, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst, blackguard, bounder, cad, heel, hound, frump, chase, tag, tail, track, trail
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dog:
Common word forms
dogs, dogal, doges, dogly, dogged, dogger, dogging, dogless
Words from these letters
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