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dogcatcher a public employee whose job is to round up strayed or homeless dogs and cats.
dog days the hot, humid days of July and August, when the Dog Star, Sirius, rises and sets with the sun.
doge the chief magistrate elected in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
dog-ear a bent or folded corner of a page in a book. [2 definitions]
dog-eat-dog marked by ruthless competition; merciless.
dogfight a fierce fight between dogs. [4 definitions]
dog fighting the fighting between dogs that is arranged by humans so that the competition can be watched for entertainment and/or betted upon. The bringing of dogs together to fight is an illegal activity in all U.S. states and many other regions of the world.
dogfish any of several small sharks found in coastal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. [2 definitions]
dogged persistent or stubborn.
doggerel of verse, trivial or mundane in thought, or crude in form. [2 definitions]
doggie bag a bag or box in which a restaurant will pack leftovers of a patron's meal to betaken home, presumably to be fed to a pet.
doggish like a dog, as in being surly or snappish.
doggone (informal) Damn! or Darn! (used to avoid profanity). [4 definitions]
doggy1 a small dog or puppy.
doggy2 of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dog. [2 definitions]
doghouse a dog shelter, usu. built to resemble a house.
dogie in the western United States, a strayed or motherless calf.
dogleg something bent at a sharp angle, esp. a road or a golf fairway with a sharp curve. [2 definitions]
dogma a system of principles or doctrines, esp. those of a religious sect, or a single doctrine prescribed by some authority, such as the church. [2 definitions]
dogmatic of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dogma. [2 definitions]
dogmatism an inclination toward or the act of asserting opinions as though they were facts.