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dog out

dog out verb: to approach (someone) in a sexual manner.

Verb

dog out (third-person singular simple present dogs out, present participle dogging out, simple past and past participle dogged out)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To approach (someone) in a sexual manner.
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To verbally or physically abuse (someone).
  3. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To mistreat (someone), especially for a pimp or abusive man to mistreat a woman by prostituting her.
    • "The first obstacle you need to overcome is your attitude about black people being dogged out by the entire white race."2002, Ricardo Sherman, Back in the Daze
    • And that wasn't the half of it; now she was in the position to be taken advantage of big time, to be dogged out.2014, Robert Earl, Miami Contingent

Synonyms of dog out

Forms of dog out

third-person singular presentdogs out
present participledogging out
past participledogged out
pastdogged out

Words formed from dog out

Questions about dog out

What does dog out mean?
Dog out means to approach (someone) in a sexual manner.
What part of speech is dog out?
Dog out is a verb.
What is the past tense of dog out?
The past tense of dog out is dogged out.

Words near dog out in the dictionary

  1. dog nappers
  2. dog napping
  3. dog naps
  4. dog officer
  5. dog officers
  6. dog out
  7. dog pack
  8. dog paddle
  9. dog paddled
  10. dog paddles
  11. dog paddling

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