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mad dogs

mad dogs is the plural of mad dog.

Meaning of mad dog

Noun

mad dog (plural mad dogs)

  1. A rabid dog.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Someone who is aggressive and fanatical; an aggressor who cannot be reasoned with.
    • Although the enemy saw that they were being hurt, they were such mad dogs that we could by no means prevent their pursuing us1843, Hernán Cortés, translated by George Folsom, Letters and Dispatches of Cortés
  3. A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft.

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 cow
  3. mad cow disease
  4. mad cows
  5. mad dog
  6. mad dogs
  7. mad dogs and Englishmen
  8. mad enough to chew nails
  9. mad for it
  10. mad hatter
  11. mad hatter disease

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