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mad-dogs

mad-dogs is the plural of mad-dog.

Meaning of mad-dog

Adjective

mad-dog (comparative more mad-dog, superlative most mad-dog)

  1. Fanatically or irrationally ferocious.
    • It takes a professor to arrive at so mad-dog a state of mind.1908, The Spectator - Volume 100, page 748

Questions about mad-dogs

What is mad-dogs the plural of?
Mad-dogs is the plural of mad-dog.

Words near mad-dogs in the dictionary

  1. mad-caps
  2. mad-doctor
  3. mad-doctors
  4. mad-dog
  5. mad-dog skullcap
  6. mad-dogs
  7. mad-on
  8. mad-ons
  9. Mada
  10. Madag
  11. Madag.

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