dog

Definitions

• A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
• Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives extant and extinct; canid.
• (often) A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
• (slang) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
• (slang) A man (derived from definition 2).
• (slang) A coward.
• (derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.
• (slang) A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).
• Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
• 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)
• A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
• (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
• A hot dog.
• (poker) Underdog.
• (slang) Foot.
• (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
• One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
• (film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.