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dog bone

dog bone noun: a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather.

Noun

dog bone (plural dog bones)

  1. a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather
  2. a 2- or 3-dimensional compound shape, evocative of a dog biscuit or dog-bone toy with a central shaft and two lobes (analogous to femoral condyles) at each end
    • "The First Nanochips", Scientific American, April 2004, p. 81.
      If ... the pattern on the mask were designed to look more like a dog bone, the result would better approximate a rectangle with sharp corners.
  3. (slang, possibly African-American Vernacular) the penis
    • Me and D-Money keep smokin' that bomb
      Need a little game, you better log on
      Girls get naked
      Lickin' on my dog bone2003, “PimpandHo.com”, in Married to the Game, performed by Too $hort

Forms of dog bone

pluraldog bones

Words formed from dog bone

Questions about dog bone

What does dog bone mean?
Dog bone means a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather.
What part of speech is dog bone?
Dog bone is a noun.
What is the plural of dog bone?
The plural of dog bone is dog bones.

Words near dog bone in the dictionary

  1. dog baskets
  2. dog bed
  3. dog beds
  4. dog biscuit
  5. dog biscuits
  6. dog bone
  7. dog bone spanner
  8. dog bone spanners
  9. dog bone wrench
  10. dog bone wrenches
  11. dog bones

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