dogs

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UK/dɒɡz/US/dɔɡz/cot caught merger/dɑɡz/

noun

Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.

“My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.”

Very commonFirst used early 20th c.Scrabble 6

Meanings

dogs1

noun
  1. pluralplural of dog
noundogs pl (plural only)
  1. USpluralplural onlyslangFeet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.First known use early 20th c.

    My dogs are tired. Let's get a taxi.

  2. USpluralplural onlyslangToes

    Time to let the dogs out to play. (While taking off shoes.)

  3. pluralplural onlyusuallyA greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.

    I lost money at the dogs last night.

  4. pluralplural onlynauticalFasteners securing a watertight hatch.
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of dog

DOGs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of DOG

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

dogs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogs

MLA

“dogs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogs. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dogs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogs.

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