" dogs "

[Noun]  | "dog" | \ ˈdȯg \

1: a carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris) closely related to the gray wolf that has long been domesticated as a pet, occurs in a variety of sizes, colors, and coat types, and is sometimes trained to perform special tasks (such as herding, guarding, or acting as a service animal)

2: any of a family (Canidae) of carnivorous mammals that includes the wolves, jackals, foxes, coyotes, and the domestic dog : canid

3: a male dog

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, from Old English docga;

[Noun]  | "African wild dog" 

1: a powerful canid (Lycaon pictus) that has a mottled coat of black, white, and reddish yellow, lives and hunts in packs, and was formerly common in sub-Saharan Africa but is now restricted to small populations in southern and eastern Africa

Origin: 1827 ;

[Noun]  | "attack dog" 

1: a dog trained to attack on command or on sight

2: a person noted for harsh, personal, and usually public verbal attacks against others —usually hyphenated when used before another noun

Origin: 1939 ;

[Noun]  | "Australian cattle dog" 

1: any of a breed of medium-sized dogs that were developed in Australia to herd cattle and that have upright ears and a red or blue mottled coat

Origin: 1926 ;

[Noun]  | "Ber*nese mountain dog" | \ ˈbər-ˌnēz- \

1: any of a breed of large powerful long-coated black dogs of Swiss origin that have tan and white markings and were developed as draft animals

Origin: 1935 ;

 Bern, Switzerland;

[Verb]  | "dog" 

1: to hunt, track, or follow (someone) like a hound

2: to be a persistent source of difficulty or distress to (someone) : plague —often used in the passive with by

3: to bother or pester (someone) persistently : hound

Origin: 1519 ;

 Derivative of {see: |dog:1|dog:1};

[Adverb]  | "cats and dogs" 

1: in great quantities : very hard

Origin: 1738 ;

[Idiomatic phrase]  | "go to the dogs" 

1: to become ruined : to change to a much worse condition

Origin: 1622 ;

[Idiom]  | "fight like cats and dogs" 

1: to fight or argue a lot or in a very forceful and angry way

[Idiom]  | "let sleeping dogs lie" 

1: to ignore a problem because trying to deal with it could cause an even more difficult situation

[Noun]  | "dogs" 

[Noun]  | "dog" 

[Noun]  | "hot dogs" 

[Noun]  | "lap dogs" 

[Noun]  | "bird dogs" 

[Noun]  | "puppy dogs" 

[Noun]  | "guide dogs" 

[Noun]  | "police dogs" 

[Verb]  | "dogs" 

[Verb]  | "dog"