Meanings
plural water dogs
- A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
Synonyms: water spaniel
- Synonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).
Jim Bowes, in fact, looked like what he was — a rough old water-dog, who had grown gray and shaggy amidst the winds and waves, without ever troubling himself about the other shore that bounds the sea of life.
1860, Chambers's Edinburgh journal, page 215Synonyms: seadog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
nounSynonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).
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Translations
Afrikaans waterhond
- waterhondwater dog
Basque urtxakur
- urtxakurwater dog
Bulgarian водно куче
- водно куче (vodno kuče)water dog
Catalan gos d'aigua
- gos d'aiguawater dog
Chinese Mandarin 水犬
- 水犬 (shuǐquǎn)water dog
Czech vodní pes
- vodní peswater dog
Danish vandhund
- vandhundwater dog
Dutch waterhond
- waterhondwater dog
Estonian veekoer
- veekoerwater dog
Finnish vesikoira, vedestä noutava lintukoira
- vesikoirawater dog
- vedestä noutava lintukoirawater dog
French chien d'eau
- chien d'eauwater dog
German Wasserhund
- Wasserhundwater dog
Hungarian vízikutya
- vízikutyawater dog
Icelandic vatnahundur
- vatnahundurwater dog
Indonesian anjing air
- anjing airwater dog
Irish uisceadóir
- uisceadóirwater dog
Italian cane d'acqua
- cane d'acquawater dog
Japanese ウォーター・ドッグ
- ウォーター・ドッグ (wōtā doggu)water dog
Korean 워터 도그
- 워터 도그 (woteo dogeu)water dog
Latvian ūdenssuns
- ūdenssunswater dog
Lithuanian vandens šuo
- vandens šuowater dog
Malay anjing air
- anjing airwater dog
Norwegian vannhund
- vannhundwater dog
Polish pies wodny, pies dowodny
- pies wodnywater dog
- pies dowodnywater dog
Portuguese cão de água, cão d'água
- cão de águawater dog
- cão d'águawater dog
Romanian câine de apă
- câine de apăwater dog
Russian водяная соба́ка
- водяная соба́ка (vodjanaja sobáka)water dog
Slovak vodný pes
- vodný peswater dog
Spanish perro de agua
- perro de aguawater dog
Swedish vattenhund
- vattenhundwater dog
Turkish su köpeği
- su köpeğiwater dog
Ukrainian водяний собака
- водяний собака (vodjanyj sobaka)water dog
Vietnamese chó lội nước
- chó lội nướcwater dog
Welsh ci dŵr
- ci dŵrwater dog
Cite this entry
water dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20dog
“water dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20dog. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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