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How to use doggy in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, adjective, adverb

Doggy means a dog, especially a small one. Example: “That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!”

Examples of doggy by meaning

nounA dog, especially a small one.

  • That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!
  • "Come on now, there's a good doggie!"1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 33

adjectiveSuggestive of or in the manner of a dog.

  • The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked.1993, John Banville, Ghosts

adjectiveFond of dogs.

  • I know that, without becoming maudlin as so many doggy people unfortunately do, he thought a great deal of his faithful little companion.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

More sentences with doggy

  • She began to give me the doggy dinner-bowl look, as the PUAs call it.2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, page 154. From the entry doggy dinner bowl look
  • And then we'll do it doggy style so we can both watch "X-Files"1999, Jimmy Pop, “The Bad Touch”, in Hooray for Boobies, performed by Bloodhound Gang. From the entry doggy style
  • Hebrew National Light “Good sausage flavor,” “nice snap,” “hot doggy taste.”1992 November 5, “Taste Test: Frank Discussion”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: The Times Mirror Company, page H36. From the entry hot doggy
  • To honor my dog-child, here's a little doggy profile.2011 August 26, “Today is National Dog Day”, in Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. From the entry dog-child
  • Close your eyes for a moment and recall as many details as possible (even that hot doggy smell!).1999, Pamela Curtis Swallow, A Writer’s Notebook: The Ultimate Guide to Creative Writing, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 60. From the entry hot doggy
  • 's a pretty little doggy! — ay! — yes! — he is, yes! — Wag thy strunt, then!1961, D.H. Lawrence, “Adolf”, in Edward David McDonald, editor, Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D.H. Lawrence, page 16. From the entry strunt
  • Aah, what does the doggy want?2017, Moira Murphy, “The Mercy Mission”, in You Must Be Jo King: Not So Much a Diary, More a Way of Life!, Kibworth, Leicestershire: The…. From the entry biscy
  • Too cowardly to be a warrior, but not enough of a coward to lie down and roll over like a good doggy.”2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 131. From the entry slump
  • Nestor leans down and pats NJ on the head and NJ jumps right up in his lap and gives him a big slurpy, drooly doggy kiss right on his face.2007, A. L. Niflhaim, Gail McLeod, Christmas in Distress, page 85. From the entry drooly

Meaning of doggy

  1. noun A dog, especially a small one.
  2. noun A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
  3. noun Synonym of corporal.

Full definition of doggy

Questions about doggy in a sentence

How do you use doggy in a sentence?
Doggy is used as a noun, adjective and adverb. For example: “That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!”
What is a short sentence with doggy?
“Aah, what does the doggy want?”
What does doggy mean?
Doggy means a dog, especially a small one.

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