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dog

Hund

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
dog
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] spr=en, Zoologie: fleischfressendes Säugetier der Gattung Canis
3. [2] männlicher Hund [1]
[1] The dog barked all night.
Der Hund bellte die ganze Nacht.
Englisch > Englisch
dog
1. subst. A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
The dog barked all night long.
2. subst. A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).
3. subst. (slang) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
She’s a real dog.
4. subst. (slang) A man (derived from definition 2).
You lucky dog!
He's a silly dog.
5. subst. (slang) A coward.
Come back and fight, you dogs!
6. subst. (derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.
You dirty dog.
7. subst. (slang) A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).
8. subst. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
9. subst. A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)
10. subst. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
The dogs were too hot to touch.
11. subst. (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
12. subst. A hot dog.
13. subst. (poker slang) Underdog.
14. subst. (slang) Foot.
My dogs are barking! - My feet hurt!
15. subst. (Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
My dog is dead. - My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function.
16. subst. One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
17. v. To pursue with the intent to catch.
18. v. To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.
19. v. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
It is very important to dog down these hatches...
20. v. (intransitive, emerging usage in British) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.
21. v. (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.
Deutsch > Englisch
Hund
1. subst. dog, hound
2. subst. (pejorative) scoundrel; dog (mean or morally reprehensible person)
ein gemeiner Hund - a mean dog
3. subst. A board with casters used to transport heavy objects.