Meanings
- not comparableWithout a dog.
To make sure that all such effort remains fun and rewarding, the dogless hunter should set a pace that's both relaxed and ready for action.
2003, Dennis Walrod, Grouse Hunter's Guide1 more example
[…] and further that a similar young local but dogless man should be sought out, against the day when the first local man should die, to take over and exploit, in the same way and on the same terms, the two surviving famished dogs thus left without a master, and without a home; […]
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old English*dogga
- Middle Englishdogge
- Englishdog
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishdogless
Translations
German hundlos
- hundloswithout a dog
Malay tidak beranjing, tanpa anjing
- tidak beranjingwithout a dog
- tanpa anjingwithout a dog
Turkish köpeksiz
- köpeksizwithout a dog
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
dogless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogless
“dogless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dogless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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