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K-9

K-9 is the alternative spelling of K9.

Meaning of K9

Noun

K9 (plural K9s)

  1. A trained police dog.
    • Police working dogs (K9s) often have extremely close bonds with their handlers.2003, Nicholas H. Dodman, If Only They Could Speak: Stories About Pets and Their People, page 248

Forms of K-9

pluralK-9s

Phrases with K-9

Questions about K-9

What is K-9 the alternative spelling of?
K-9 is the alternative spelling of K9.

Words near K-9 in the dictionary

  1. K-1
  2. K-10
  3. K-12
  4. K-2
  5. K-4
  6. K-9
  7. K-9 unit
  8. K-9 units
  9. K-9s
  10. k-adic
  11. k-adic notation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: K-9 (page history and authors); K9 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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