Meanings
plural sheepdogs · alternative sheep dog
- Any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
Synonyms: shepherd dog
- Any of various breeds of dog used for guarding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
- datedslangA chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role.
- USslanggovernmentA police officer.
present singular third person sheepdogs · participle present sheepdogging · participle past sheepdogged · past sheepdogged · alternative sheep dog
- To chaperon or shepherd.
On June 14, with Kennedy personally sheepdogging it, the No Child Left Behind Act passed the Senate ninety-one to eight.
2009, Carl M. Cannon, Lou Dubose, Jan Reid, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Triumphs, PublicAffairs, →ISBN1 more example
Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ...
1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Basque artzain txakur
- artzain txakurdog used for herding sheep
Danish fårehund
- fårehunddog used for herding sheep
Dutch herdershond
- herdershonddog used for herding sheep
Esperanto ŝafhundo
- ŝafhundodog used for herding sheep
Finnish lammaskoira
- lammaskoiradog used for herding sheep
French chien de berger
- chien de bergerdog used for herding sheep
German Schäferhund, Schäferhündin
- Schäferhunddog used for herding sheep
- Schäferhündindog used for herding sheep
- Hirtenhunddog used for herding sheep
- Hirtenhündindog used for herding sheep
Greek τσοπανόσκυλο
- τσοπανόσκυλο (tsopanóskylo)dog used for herding sheep
Hungarian juhászkutya
- juhászkutyadog used for herding sheep
Icelandic fjárhundur
- fjárhundurdog used for herding sheep
Irish madra caorach
- madra caorachdog used for herding sheep
Italian cane da pastore
- cane da pastoredog used for herding sheep
Japanese 牧羊犬
- 牧羊犬 (bokuyōken)dog used for herding sheep
Korean 목양견
- 목양견 (mogyanggyeon)dog used for herding sheep
Malay anjing gembala, anjing herder
- anjing gembaladog used for herding sheep
- anjing herderdog used for herding sheep
Norwegian Bokmål fårehund
- fårehunddog used for herding sheep
Polish owczarek
- owczarekdog used for herding sheep
Portuguese cão-pastor, ovelheiro
- cão-pastordog used for herding sheep
- ovelheirodog used for herding sheep
Romanian câine ciobănesc, câine de stână
- câine ciobănescdog used for herding sheep
- câine de stânădog used for herding sheep
Russian овча́рка
- овча́рка (ovčárka)dog used for herding sheep
Scottish Gaelic cù-chaorach
- cù-chaorachdog used for herding sheep
Spanish perro pastor
- perro pastordog used for herding sheep
Swedish fårhund
- fårhunddog used for herding sheep
Turkish çoban köpeği
- çoban köpeğidog used for herding sheep
Ukrainian вівча́рка
- вівча́рка (vivčárka)dog used for herding sheep
Vietnamese chó chăn cừu
- chó chăn cừudog used for herding sheep
Welsh ci defaid
- ci defaiddog used for herding sheep
Cite this entry
sheepdog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheepdog
“sheepdog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheepdog. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheepdog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheepdog.
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