doggy
/ˈdɒ.ɡi/US/ˈdɔ.ɡi/
doggy noun: a dog, especially a small one. Also the ellipsis of doggy style.
Noun
doggy (countable and uncountable, plural doggies)
- A dog, especially a small one.
- That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!
- "Come on now, there's a good doggie!"1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 33
- A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
- The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]2008, Iain Ballantyne, HMS Rodney: The Famous Ships of the Royal Navy Series
- Synonym of corporal.
- […] the "doggy" sometimes took a safety-lamp, and sometimes not, when he entered the mine in the morning; whether he did on the morning of the catastrophe was not apparent.1847, The Annual Register, page 175
- Synonyms:
- corporal
Adjective (1)
doggy (not comparable)
Adverb
doggy (not comparable)
Adjective (2)
doggy (comparative doggier, superlative doggiest)
- Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog.
- King Lune […] had just come from making a round of the kennels with his Huntsman and had only stopped for a moment to wash his doggy hands.1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy
- The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling.1993, John Banville, Ghosts
- Fond of dogs.
- I know that, without becoming maudlin as so many doggy people unfortunately do, he thought a great deal of his faithful little companion.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
Also used as
doggy is also the ellipsis of doggy style.
doggy meaning in Marathi and Persian
doggy in Marathi
- a dog, especially a small one
- भूभू bhūbhū
doggy in Persian
- a dog, especially a small one
- هاپو hâpu
Examples of doggy in a sentence
- She began to give me the doggy dinner-bowl look, as the PUAs call it.
- And then we'll do it doggy style so we can both watch "X-Files"
- Hebrew National Light “Good sausage flavor,” “nice snap,” “hot doggy taste.”
Synonyms of doggy
Forms of doggy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | doggies |
| alternative form | doggie |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | doggier |
| superlative | doggiest |
Origin of doggy
From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).
From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog + -y (adjectival suffix).
Words formed from doggy
Phrases with doggy
Words that rhyme with doggy
Questions about doggy
- What does doggy mean?
- Doggy means a dog, especially a small one.
- What is doggy in Marathi?
- Doggy in Marathi is भूभू (bhūbhū). See Doggy meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is doggy?
- Doggy can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce doggy?
- Doggy is pronounced /ˈdɒ.ɡi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of doggy?
- The plural of doggy is doggies.
Words near doggy in the dictionary
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