Definitions

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  • noun Plural form of dog.
  • noun a greyhound racing event.
  • noun nautical Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dog.

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Examples

  • And my mother dislikes dogs intensely -- she's afraid of them, except those horrible little toy-things that aren't _dogs_ any more. "

    Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905

  • Mexican hot dogs (also called Tijuana hot dogs or Sonoran hot dogs_ I knew I had to make them.

    Qwaider Planet 2010

  • It was when she heard the word dogs that she sat up straighter.

    Scarlet Nights Jude Deveraux 2010

  • It was when she heard the word dogs that she sat up straighter.

    Scarlet Nights Jude Deveraux 2010

  • Now the first ever study to report that human yawns induce yawning in dogs is published today in the journal Biology Letters by a team led by Dr Atsushi Senju of Birkbeck College, University of London.

    Dogs ‘May Be Able To Read Their Owner’s Minds’ | Disinformation 2008

  • It was when she heard the word dogs that she sat up straighter.

    Scarlet Nights Jude Deveraux 2010

  • The word dogs was commonly used of Gentiles, which the Roman soldiers were; “evil men” referred to the oppressing Jews.

    101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007

  • The word dogs was commonly used of Gentiles, which the Roman soldiers were; “evil men” referred to the oppressing Jews.

    101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007

  • The word dogs was commonly used of Gentiles, which the Roman soldiers were; “evil men” referred to the oppressing Jews.

    101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007

  • The word dogs was commonly used of Gentiles, which the Roman soldiers were; “evil men” referred to the oppressing Jews.

    101 Amazing Truths about Jesus Mark Littleton 2007

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  • Greyhound racing.

    February 8, 2009