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dogward

dogward adverb: towards a dog.

Adverb

dogward (not comparable)

  1. Towards a dog.
    • Another burgher, interrupted in her reading of Goethe, might fling open her second-floor shutter and toss a panful of hot water dogward, cursing in a guttural German.2010, Jon Davis, Preliminary Report
    • They turned and ran dogward while I, motivated by their scorn, moved off lethargically through the vines, thorns, and creepers, a caricature of lethal determination.2015, Herb Payson, Blown Away, page 115

Origin of dogward

From dog + -ward.

Questions about dogward

What does dogward mean?
Dogward means towards a dog.
What part of speech is dogward?
Dogward is an adverb.

Words near dogward in the dictionary

  1. dogwalked
  2. dogwalker
  3. dogwalkers
  4. dogwalking
  5. dogwalks
  6. dogward
  7. dogwash
  8. dogwashes
  9. dogwatch
  10. dogwatches
  11. dogwater

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