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dog food

dog food noun: food eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated.

dog food: food eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated
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Noun (1)

dog food (countable and uncountable, plural dog foods)

  1. Food eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated.
  2. Food for domesticated dogs.
  3. Beta software that is tested on the developer’s own computer.
  4. (slang) Synonym of dog meat (“dead person”).
    • Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog food now!
    Synonyms:
    dog meat
  5. (slang) Heroin, typically the non-black tar type.

Noun (2)

dog food (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, slang) public display of affection, especially from the perspective of a lonely, single person.

Synonyms of dog food

Forms of dog food

pluraldog foods
alternative USdogfood

Origin of dog food

Calque of Chinese 狗糧 /狗粮 (gǒuliáng).

Words formed from dog food

Questions about dog food

What does dog food mean?
Dog food means food eaten by or appropriate for dogs in general, whether wild or domesticated.
What part of speech is dog food?
Dog food is a noun.
What is the plural of dog food?
The plural of dog food is dog foods.

Words near dog food in the dictionary

  1. dog fight
  2. dog fighting
  3. dog fights
  4. dog flap
  5. dog flaps
  6. dog food
  7. dog foods
  8. dog fox
  9. dog foxes
  10. dog fucker
  11. dog fuckers

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