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dogwater

dogwater adjective: extremely bad or unskilled (especially at a video game); trash.

Adjective

dogwater (comparative more dogwater, superlative most dogwater)

  1. (slang) Extremely bad or unskilled (especially at a video game); trash.
    • This is kinda my favorite exotic, I'm not gonna lie. Some of the exotic released have been dogwater but this one, so good, so good.2021 April 21, Matthew Wilkins, quoting SypherPK, “Fortnite streamers are in disbelief after watching how over-powered the Exotic Grappler Bow is”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 23...
    • Nadia went on, saying that the player "sucks" and is "f**king ass," not letting them get a single response in, even calling her a "dogwater smelling ass b*tch."2022 October 7, Jacob Hale, “Nadia pops off on toxic Warzone teammate after being told to "abort herself"”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022
    Synonyms:
    garbage, dogshit, dog

Noun

dogwater (uncountable)

  1. (US, dialectal) The very core of someone; used as an intensifier.
    • to beat the dogwater out of
    • […] after the pulling is over with, we shall expect to have, at least, twenty first-class fights, and several eyes lying about loose on the ground, and as many ears and noses; and rather than fall short of the number, I'll agree to mall the dog-water out of five or six of you myself—do you...1870, William Falconer, Bloom and Brier; Or, as I Saw It, Long Ago. A Southern Romance, Philadelphia, P.A.; Montgomery, A.L.: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger; Joel White, pages 255–256
  2. (US, slang) Pre-ejaculate.
    • Horse said, "Man, that ain't nothin' but dog water." / K.B. said, "That ain't no dog water, man, 'cause it's slimy."1965, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, New York, N.Y.: Signet Books, page 80
    • Leslie unlocks the front door she remarks that, it being Thursday, it is Minnie's night off, and I construe this to lay emphasis on the privacy we will have. In the soft light of the foyer my membrum, betrousered, is truly rampant. Also a spot of "dogwater" there, pre-coital seepage, as if a puppy...1979, William Styron, Sophie's Choice, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 189

Examples of dogwater in a sentence

  • Late triumphs of Russian science are scaring the very dogwater out of large elements in our society, and we both fear more "purging" instead of more effort at catching up.1957 October 20, Roy Bedichek, “to John Henry Faulk”, in Letters of Roy Bedichek, Austin, T.X.: University of Texas Press, published 1985...
  • Else I'll slap the dogwater out of you!"1958, Al Dewlen, The Bone Pickers, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, O.N.; London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., page 133:
  • "Masel, sit down, or I'll shake ye up to dogwater!" Gladys scolded her daughter.2002, Kelly Simmons, Leona's Legacy: Memories of a Farmer's Daughter, Woodruff, W.I.: The Guest Cottage, →ISBN, page 5:
  • Also a spot of "dogwater" there, pre-coital seepage, as if a puppy had peed in my lap.1979, William Styron, Sophie's Choice, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 189:

Synonyms of dogwater

Forms of dogwater

comparativemore dogwater
superlativemost dogwater
alternative formdog-water
alternative formdog water

Origin of dogwater

Compound of dog + water. According to Know Your Meme, the video game sense was popularized by Fortnite streamer Zachology on December 10 2020 as a euphemism for dogshit (“rubbish, bad”).

Questions about dogwater

What does dogwater mean?
Dogwater means extremely bad or unskilled (especially at a video game); trash.
How do you use dogwater in a sentence?
Late triumphs of Russian science are scaring the very dogwater out of large elements in our society, and we both fear more "purging" instead of more effort at catching up.
What part of speech is dogwater?
Dogwater can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dogwater in the dictionary

  1. dogward
  2. dogwash
  3. dogwashes
  4. dogwatch
  5. dogwatches
  6. dogwater
  7. dogwear
  8. dogweed
  9. dogwhelk
  10. dogwhelks
  11. dogwhip

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