dog

1. (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.Synonyms: chase, chase after, go after, pursue, tag, tail, track, trailtransitive

2. (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.Examples: "The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step."; "[…] they were discovered in a very improper manner by the husband of the gypsy, who, from jealousy it seems, had kept a watchful eye over his wife, and had dogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant."; "Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories."transitive

3. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.Examples: "It is very important to dog down these hatches."transitive

4. (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.Examples: "I admit that I like to dog at my local country park."; "Lightning [is a] burst of charged particles that lights up the sky and allows onlookers to see who's dogging in the bushes without using a flashlight."intransitive

5. (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.Examples: "A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it."Synonyms: soldier, goldbrickintransitivetransitive

6. (transitive, slang) To criticize.Examples: "Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott): Are you dogging Harm's special meatless meatloaf? Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell): Let's put it this way. If you were to make the Harmon Special on this ship, they'd have to unload it with the toxic waste."slangtransitive

1. (slang) Of inferior quality; very bad.Examples: "Oh man, this game is absolutely dog!"not-comparableslang

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.Synonyms: Delta

1. (humorous) The language supposedly spoken by dogsExamples: "Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other."; "Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme."; "I blinked. “I thought you were talking to Blake about a dog.” “Cath,” Jake said, “I'm trying to be more open about this. Didn't you just say that you could talk to animals?” The realization dawned on me. “I don't speak Dog very well, but it's worth a try.”"Synonyms: dog, dogspeakhumorous

2. (Geordie, slang) Newcastle Brown AleExamples: "This article celebrates the fine city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, situated in northeast England, and its gentle inhabitants, the Geordies. […] Oh yes. Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate."; "This popularity has led to another nickname for the beer in its local market: the Dog. Pubgoers in the Northeast often refer to their nightly trip to the pub as “going out to walk the dog.” And because Newcastle Brown Ale is often the beer they are seeking, the company has launched a whole new advertising campaign referring to its beer as "the Dog.""Synonyms: Broon, Broonale, Journey into Space, Newkie BrownGeordieslang

3. (astronomy, with definite article) The Dog Star; Sirius.Examples: "But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream."with-definite-article