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raw-dog

raw-dog is the alternative form of raw dog.

Meaning of raw dog

Verb

raw dog (third-person singular simple present raw dogs, present participle raw dogging, simple past and past participle raw dogged)

  1. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex without a condom; to bareback.
    • Never go raw dogging with the other woman; it's just not safe.2005, Erica L. Perry, A Lesson or a Blessing, AuthorHouse, published 2005, →ISBN, page 27
  2. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To undertake or undergo without the usual comforts, conveniences or supports.
    • Rather than using a framework, he's just raw dogging HTML.

See all 3 meanings of raw dog

Forms of raw-dog

third-person singular presentraw-dogs
present participleraw-dogging
past participleraw-dogged
pastraw-dogged

Questions about raw-dog

What is raw-dog the alternative form of?
Raw-dog is the alternative form of raw dog.

Words near raw-dog in the dictionary

  1. raw sienna
  2. raw siennas
  3. raw silk
  4. raw water
  5. raw-boned
  6. raw-dog
  7. raw-dogged
  8. raw-dogging
  9. raw-dogs
  10. raw-head and bloody-bones
  11. Rawalpindi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: raw-dog (page history and authors); raw dog (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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