dog

dog1 [ dɔg ] noun count ***

1. ) an animal kept as a pet, for guarding buildings, or for hunting. A young dog is called a puppy:

Have you fed the dog?

Out on the street, a dog began to bark.

dog food/biscuits

a ) a male dog or a male animal that belongs to the same group of animals as dogs, such as a male WOLF or FOX:

a dog fox

2. ) used for describing a person of a particular type:

He's a lucky dog.

a ) OFFENSIVE someone who is not attractive, especially a woman

b ) OFFENSIVE an unpleasant man

c ) AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL someone who gives information about people to the police or to another authority

3. ) something that is of bad quality or very unsuccessful:

I invested in an Internet start-up but it turned out to be a real dog.

4. ) a HOT DOG

dog eat dog

a situation in which people compete very hard and will do anything to be successful:

It's dog eat dog in the television industry.

every dog has its/his day

used for saying that every person will have a time during their life when they are important, lucky, or successful

give a dog a bad name BRITISH

used for saying that once someone has a bad reputation, people will blame them for everything

going to the dogs INFORMAL

if a place or organization is going to the dogs, it is not as good as it was in the past:

He's always saying that the country is going to the dogs.

it's a dog's life SPOKEN

used for saying that life is not fair and is full of troubles

like a dog with a bone INFORMAL

not willing to stop until you have finished dealing with something, especially a problem that is worrying you

put on the dog AMERICAN OLD-FASHIONED

to pretend that you are more intelligent, important, or rich than you really are

=> RAIN 2, SLEEP1, TAIL1, TEACH, TOP DOG

dog

dog 2 [ dɔg ] verb transitive

1. ) often passive to cause trouble for someone over a long period of time:

He has been dogged by persistent back problems.

These rumors had dogged the president for years.

2. ) to follow someone closely in a way that annoys them:

Photographers dogged the princess all her adult life.

3. ) dog or dog on AMERICAN VERY INFORMAL to criticize someone in a continuous and annoying way