dog-end

noun

A cigarette which has not been smoked to the butt and has been discarded. If one is smoking a dog end, someone else has started the cigarette and discarded it.

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fag end
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Meanings

noundog-end (plural dog-ends)

plural dog-ends · alternative dog end · alternative dogend

  1. A cigarette which has not been smoked to the butt and has been discarded. If one is smoking a dog end, someone else has started the cigarette and discarded it.

    Synonyms: fag end

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cigarette which has not been smoked to the butt and has been discarded. If one is smoking a dog end, someone else has started the cigarette and discarded it.

Similar
fag end

Origin

From dog + end.

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Translations

Bulgarian фас, угарка
  • фас (fas)unsmoked end of cigarette
  • угарка (ugarka)unsmoked end of cigarette
French mégot
  • mégotunsmoked end of cigarette
Italian mozzicone, cicca
  • mozziconeunsmoked end of cigarette
  • ciccaunsmoked end of cigarette
Russian бычок, бычки
  • бычок (byčok)unsmoked end of cigarette
  • бычки (byčki)unsmoked end of cigarette
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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