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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dog/dɒɡ/

▶noun

• 1 a domesticated carnivorous mammal probably descended from the wolf, with a barking or howling voice, an acute sense of smell, and non-retractile claws. [Canis familiaris.]

  ■ a wild animal resembling this, in particular any member of the dog family (Canidae), which includes the wolf, fox, coyote, jackal, and other species.

  ■ the male of such an animal.

  ■ (the dogs) Brit. informal greyhound racing.

• 2 informal a contemptible man.

  ■ dated a person of a specified kind: you lucky dog!

  ■ informal, chiefly N. Amer. a thing of poor quality; a failure.

  ■ (usu. in phr. turn dog on) Austral./NZ informal an informer or traitor.

• 3 informal, derogatory an unattractive woman.

• 4 used in names of dogfishes, e.g. spur-dog.

• 5 a mechanical device for gripping.

• 6 (dogs) N. Amer. informal feet.

▶verb (dogs, dogging, dogged)

• 1 follow closely and persistently.

• 2 (of a problem) cause continual trouble for.

• 3 (dog it) informal, chiefly N. Amer. act lazily.

• 4 grip with a mechanical device.

– phrases
dog-and-pony show N. Amer. informal an elaborate and ostentatious presentation or event.
dog eat dog used to refer to a ruthlessly competitive situation.
a dog in the manger a person who prevents others from having things that they do not need themselves. [alluding to the fable of the dog that lay in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating the hay.]
a dog's age N. Amer. informal a very long time.
a dog's dinner (or breakfast) Brit. informal a mess.
a dog's life an unhappy and oppressed existence.
go to the dogs informal deteriorate badly.
not a dog's chance no chance at all.
put on the dog N. Amer. informal behave in a pretentious or ostentatious way.

– derivatives
dogdom noun,
doggish adjective,
doglike adjective.

– origin OE docga, of unknown origin.