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What does dog mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dog? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
  2. (derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
  3. (slang) A man (derived from definition 2).
  4. (derogatory) A coward.
  5. (derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.
  6. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
  7. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) 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)
  8. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
  9. (cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
  10. A hot dog.
  11. (poker slang) Underdog.
  12. (plural) Foot.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
  2. (transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
  3. (transitive, nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
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