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dogger

Syllables: dog·ger/ˈdɒ.ɡə/US/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/

dogger noun: a two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

Noun (1)

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

Noun (2)

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (UK) A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

Noun (3)

dogger

  1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Noun (4)

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (Australia) A person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.
    • One of the roaming doggers, Anderson, has since been speared.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 316

Noun (5)

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A dogman.

Noun (6)

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (diminutive, endearing, humorous) Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).
    • Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!
    • Get over here you little dogger! That belly needs some scritchin!
    Synonyms:
    doggo

Proper noun capitalized: Dogger

Dogger

  1. A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; also a shipping forecast area.
  2. An epoch from 175.6 ± 2.0 to 161.2 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.

Synonyms of dogger

Forms of dogger

pluraldoggers

Origin of dogger

From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

From dog (verb) + -er.

From dog + -er.

Words formed from dogger

Phrases with dogger

Words that rhyme with dogger

Questions about dogger

What does dogger mean?
Dogger means a two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
What part of speech is dogger?
Dogger can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dogger?
Dogger is pronounced /ˈdɒ.ɡə/ (UK).
What is the plural of dogger?
The plural of dogger is doggers.

Words near dogger in the dictionary

  1. doggeder
  2. doggedest
  3. doggedly
  4. doggedness
  5. doggednesses
  6. dogger
  7. Dogger Bank
  8. Dogger Bank itch
  9. doggerel
  10. doggerelism
  11. doggerelist

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