dog-sit

A form of dogsit — To babysit for (take care of) a dog in its owner's absence.

Meanings

verbdog-sit (third-person singular simple present dog-sits, present participle dog-sitting, simple past and past participle dog-sat)

present singular third person dog-sits · participle present dog-sitting · participle past dog-sat · past dog-sat

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dogsit.

    Will you dog-sit once in a while?

    2014, Sheri Whitefeather, Lone Wolf
    2 more examples

    And though three yellow Labs – two of them usually misbehaving – qualified as a handful, Fuzzy often volunteered to dog-sit when we left town.

    2013, Mike Sidders, It's, It's A Dog Named Blitz, page 93

    He's in a meeting and has left us to dog-sit.

    2015, M A Prins, The Cheating Vines
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APA

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Chicago

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

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