# dogs

Pronunciation: US say "DAWGZ" /dɔɡz/; UK say "DOGZ" /dɒɡz/

## Noun

1. Plural of dog. — plural of dog
   - Simple: Plural of dog. Use this form when you mean more than one dog.
   - _Several dogs waited patiently outside the shop._
   - _Farmers often keep dogs to guard their livestock._
3. A slang term for the feet, derived from the rhyming-slang phrase dog's meat. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: A slang word for a person's feet.
   - _After the double shift she kicked off her shoes and groaned that her dogs were aching._
   - _He propped his dogs up on a chair after the long hike home._
4. A greyhound racing event, or the sport of greyhound racing, in which the animals chase a mechanical lure around a track.
   - Simple: A greyhound race, or the sport of racing greyhounds around a track.
   - _Thousands turned out for the dogs at the newly opened track._
   - _He lost a week's wages betting on the dogs._
5. A slang term for the toes. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: A slang word for the toes.
   - _The cold tile floor left her dogs numb every morning._
   - _He lost feeling in two of his dogs after the climb in tight boots._
6. Clamps or fittings that hold a watertight hatch firmly closed against the entry of water.
   - Simple: Metal clamps that hold a hatch shut tight so water cannot get in.
   - _Before flooding the compartment, the crew checked that every one of the dogs was secure._
   - _Rust had seized two of the dogs, so the hatch would not seal properly._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of dog. — third-person singular simple present indicative of dog
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of dog. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _A persistent reporter dogs the senator through every campaign stop._
   - _Guilt dogs anyone who breaks a promise that serious._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/dogs (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).