Dachshund vs. Dog
Dachshundnoun
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
Dognoun
A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
‘The dog barked all night long.’;
Dachshundnoun
One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; - called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
Dognoun
A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).
Dachshundnoun
small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
Dognoun
A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
‘She’s a real dog.’;
Dachshund
The dachshund (UK: DAKS-ənd, DASH-, -huund, -huunt or US: DAHKS-huunt, -ənt; German: ), also known as the wiener dog, badger dog, sausage dog, is a short-legged, long-bodied, hound-type dog breed. They may be smooth, wire, or long-haired.
‘badger dog’;
Dognoun
(slang) A man (derived from definition 2).
‘You lucky dog!’; ‘He's a silly dog.’;
Dognoun
A coward.
‘Come back and fight, you dogs!’;
Dognoun
(derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.
‘You dirty dog.’;
Dognoun
(slang) A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).
Dognoun
Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
Dognoun
A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)
Dognoun
A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
‘The dogs were too hot to touch.’;
Dognoun
(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
Dognoun
A hot dog.
Dognoun
Underdog.
Dognoun
Foot.
Dognoun
(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
Dognoun
One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
Dogverb
(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
Dogverb
(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
‘The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.’;
Dogverb
To fasten a hatch securely.
‘It is very important to dog down these hatches...’;
Dogverb
To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
‘I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.’;
Dogverb
To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
‘A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.’;
Dognoun
A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
Dognoun
A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
‘What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?’;
Dognoun
A fellow; - used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
Dognoun
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).
Dognoun
An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
Dognoun
A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
Dognoun
an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman.
Dognoun
a hot dog.
Dogverb
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.
‘I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid.’; ‘Your sins will dog you, pursue you.’; ‘Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests.’;
Dognoun
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’;
Dognoun
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;
‘she got a reputation as a frump’; ‘she's a real dog’;
Dognoun
informal term for a man;
‘you lucky dog’;
Dognoun
someone who is morally reprehensible;
‘you dirty dog’;
Dognoun
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
Dognoun
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Dognoun
metal supports for logs in a fireplace;
‘the andirons were too hot to touch’;
Dogverb
go after with the intent to catch;
‘The policeman chased the mugger down the alley’; ‘the dog chased the rabbit’;
Dog
The domestic dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. The dog derived from an ancient, extinct wolf, and the modern grey wolf is the dog's nearest living relative.
