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doggest

doggest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of dog.

Meaning of dog

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
  2. (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
    • The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
  3. (transitive) To fasten a hatch securely.
    • It is very important to dog down these hatches.
  4. (intransitive, emerging usage in UK) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
    • I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
  5. (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
    • A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
    Synonyms:
    soldier, goldbrick
  6. (slang, transitive) To criticize.
    • Harmon Rabb (David James Elliott): Are you dogging Harm's special meatless meatloaf?
      Sarah MacKenzie (Catherine Bell): Let's put it this way. If you were to make the Harmon Special on this ship, they'd have to unload it with the toxic waste.1999 March 30, “Shakedown”, in JAG, season 4, episode 18, via CBS

See all 36 meanings of dog

Origin of doggest

dog + -est

Questions about doggest

What is doggest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Doggest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of dog.

Words near doggest in the dictionary

  1. doggers
  2. doggery
  3. dogges
  4. doggess
  5. doggesses
  6. doggest
  7. dogget
  8. doggeth
  9. doggets
  10. Doggett
  11. Doggettfic

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