dogger

dog·ger
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UK/ˈdɒ.ɡə/US/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/

noun

A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

Similar
doggo
OriginEnglish dog ← Middle English dogge ← Old English *dogga →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

dogger1

noundogger (plural doggers)

plural doggers

  1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

dogger2

noundogger (plural doggers)

plural doggers

  1. UKA participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

dogger3

noun
  1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

dogger4

noundogger (plural doggers)

plural doggers

  1. AustraliaA person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.

    One of the roaming doggers, Anderson, has since been speared.

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 316

dogger5

noundogger (plural doggers)

plural doggers

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandA dogman.

dogger6

noundogger (plural doggers)

plural doggers

  1. diminutiveendearinghumorousSynonym of doggo (“a dog”).

    Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!

    1 more example

    Get over here you little dogger! That belly needs some scritchin!

    Synonyms: doggo

Dogger7

proper noun
  1. A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; also a shipping forecast area.
  2. geographyAn epoch from 175.6 ± 2.0 to 161.2 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of doggo (“a dog”).

Similar
doggo
Also see
dogdoggodogman

Origin

dogger · noun

From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

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dogger · noun

  1. Old English*dogga
  2. Middle Englishdogge
  3. Englishdog
  4. Englishdogger

From dog (verb) + -er.

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dogger · noun

  1. Old English*dogga
  2. Middle Englishdogge
  3. Englishdog
  4. Englishdogger

From dog + -er.

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dogger · noun

From dog (“part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted”) + -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.

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dogger · noun

From dog + -er (suffix forming slang or colloquial equivalents of words).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dogger

bloggerloggerjoggerfoggerdefoggercloggergirlbloggermoggernonjoggerpettifoggersloggervlogger
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Anagrams

gorged
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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