doggy style

See also: doggy-style

English

Alternative forms

• doggie-style, doggie style, doggiestyle, doggy-style, doggystyle

Etymology

From the resemblance to the manner in which dogs mate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒ.ɡi staɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.ɡi staɪl/, /ˈdɑɡ.i staɪl/

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Adverb

doggy style (not comparable)

1. (slang, of sexual intercourse) In a position whereby one partner is on all fours and the other partner is penetrating from behind.
   • 1968, Dear Doctor Hip Pocrates; advice your family doctor never gave you, page 5:

     […] chimpanzees, gorillas, and monkeys usually copulate face to face though on occasion will perform that act "doggy" style.

   • 1999, Jimmy Pop (lyrics and music), “The Bad Touch”, in Hooray for Boobies, performed by Bloodhound Gang:

     And then we'll do it doggy style so we can both watch "X-Files"

Synonyms

• doggy fashion
• doggy

Translations

in a position

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後背／后背 (zh) (hòubèi), 后入 (hòurù)

• Dutch: doggy, doggy style, op z'n hondjes
• Esperanto: kankropozicie
• Finnish: takaapäin (fi)
• French: en levrette
• Italian: a pecorina, alla pecorina
• Latin: coitus more ferarum (copulation in the way of beasts)
• Mongolian: нохой байрлал (noxoj bajrlal)
• Persian: اض پوشت ب ژلو گوضشتن (az posht be jelo gozashtan)
• Polish: na pieska
• Portuguese: à canzana, de quatro (pt)
• Russian: ра́ком (ru) (rákom)
• Spanish: postura de perrito, a cuatro patas, A4
• Turkish: köpek pozisyonunda

Noun

doggy style (uncountable)

1. (slang) The position assumed for doggy style intercourse.

Synonyms

• retrocopulation

Translations

position for such intercourse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後進位／后进位 (hòujìnwèi), 後背體位／后背体位 (hòubēi tǐwèi)

• Danish: hundestilling c
• Dutch: hondjeshouding f
• Esperanto: kankropozicio
• Finnish: koira-asento
• French: levrette (fr) f
• German: Hündchenstellung f
• Greek: πισωκολλητό (el) (pisokollitó)
• Hungarian: kutyapóz, kutya (hu), négykézláb (hu)
• Italian: pecorina (it)
• Japanese: 後背位 (こうはいい, kōhaii), バック (ja) (bakku)
• Korean: 후배위(後背位) (hubaewi)
• Latin: coitus mōre ferārum m (literally “coitus in the manner of wild beasts”)
• Lithuanian: šuniuko poza
• Polish: pozycja na pieska f
• Romanian: capră (ro) f
• Russian: по́за ра́ка (póza ráka, literally “crayfish position”)
• Spanish: de perrito f
• Swedish: hundställningen c
• Turkish: köpek pozisyonu

Adjective

doggy style (not comparable)

1. (slang, of sexual intercourse) With one partner on all fours and the other penetrating from behind.

   Doggy style sex can provide better stimulation for the receiving partner than the missionary position.

See also

• take from behind

Further reading

• doggy style on Wikipedia.Wikipedia