doggy

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UK /ˈdɒ.ɡi/ US /ˈdɔ.ɡi/

noun 4adj 3adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

cute, good, little, wee-wee, young

VERB + DOGGY

fucked, get, goes, knows, likes, need, startled, walk

DOGGY + NOUN

bag, keira, midshipman, paddle, peed, window, years

PREP.

in, in, on

Definitions

noun

A dog, especially a small one.

That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!

"Come on now, there's a good doggie!"

A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.

The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]

Synonym of corporal.

[…] 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.

Ellipsis of doggy style.

Her favourite position is doggy.

adj

Doggy style.

adv

Doggy style.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — informal terms for dogs

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!

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"Come on now, there's a good doggie!"

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The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]

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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.

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The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling.

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I think we need a doggy bag.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, doggy is marked as informal, slang, UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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