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noun

Definition of dogsnext
plural of dog
1
as in puppies
a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes a dog who needs a loving home

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as in bastards
a person whose behavior is offensive to others she must think that you're a real dog after hearing those tasteless jokes you told last night

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dogs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dog
1
as in chases
to go after or on the track of star athletes being dogged by fans when they're out in public

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as in hounds
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogs
  1. canines
  2. pursues
  3. urges
  4. skunk
  5. follows
  6. begs
  7. beasts
  8. swine
Noun
  • Police detectives and cadaver canines from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department were called to the home to assist in the investigation.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Ethel was hardly the only family member who had an affection for canines, however.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of canines
Verb
  • Arthur’s attorney pursues an insanity defense, positing that Arthur has a split personality and that Joker is another entity that lives inside his head.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Modern-day Russia, under Putin, pursues its own nationalist and patriotic goals in ways that are attuned to today’s geopolitical realities and the circumstances of Russian history and society.
    Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of pursues
Verb
  • Libras are adept at balancing conflicting interests, but this week’s urges sure do present a conundrum!
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The single-shot strategy urges voters to cast a ballot for only one of the two seats, which strengthens that candidate while depriving candidates of the second seat of a vote.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of urges
Noun
  • The county also confirmed the disease in eight skunks, two raccoons, two foxes and a dog, who also bit a person.
    Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Goetz also calls out juniper and boxwood foliage for notoriously smelling like cat urine, hawthorn tree flowers for smelling like carrion, and the flashy flowers of crown fritillaria (Fritillaria imperialis) bulbs for mimicking a skunk.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of skunk
Verb
  • The Supreme Court's order follows a series of recent rulings that have curtailed efforts by the EPA to keep the nation's air and water clean.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This follows the successful installation of recyclable blades at RWE’s Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm off the German island Heligoland.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Those expectations were too high as the NDRC doesn’t have the ability to announce the fiscal stimulus bazooka, which kind of begs the question, why host it?
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • So this begs the question of, who was this blush made for?
    Lyric Christian, Essence, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of begs
Noun
  • Unforgettable images include fog creeping across the screen, enveloping the trees, and sightings of other beasts, like elephants.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But heart attacks are tricky beasts, presenting with symptoms that can differ from person to person.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of beasts
Noun
  • Blood tests confirm a second person in Missouri caught bird flu without exposure to infected animals, but questions remain After H5N1 was identified in other animals on the farm, five swine were euthanized for testing; two tested negative, and results are still pending for two others.
    Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Ohio State Parks allow hunters to use bows and guns to hunt deer, wild turkey, coyote, feral swine, waterfowl and other species in many of its 75 locations.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of swine
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