dogfood
dogfood verb: to eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users. Also the alternative spelling of dog food.
Verb
dogfood (third-person singular simple present dogfoods, present participle dogfooding, simple past and past participle dogfooded)
- To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
- We're dog-fooding that release now, in three-weekly sprints.2012, Sam Guckenheimer, Neno Loje, Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio: From Concept to Continuous Feedback, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 259
Also used as
dogfood is also the alternative spelling of dog food.
Forms of dogfood
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | dogfoods |
| present participle | dogfooding |
| past participle | dogfooded |
| past | dogfooded |
| alternative form | dog food |
| alternative form | dog-food |
| Noun | |
| plural | dogfoods |
Origin of dogfood
From dog + food.
Questions about dogfood
- What does dogfood mean?
- Dogfood means to eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users.
- What part of speech is dogfood?
- Dogfood is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dogfood?
- The past tense of dogfood is dogfooded.
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