dogger

See also: Dogger

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒ.ɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: dog‧ger

Etymology 1

Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

Etymology 2

dog (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

1. (British) A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dogger

1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Etymology 4

dog +‎ -er

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

1. (Australia) A wild dog trapper employed in the pastoral industry.

Etymology 5

From dog (“part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted”) +‎ -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A dogman.

See also

• anti-dogger

Anagrams

• gorged, rogged

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.ɣər/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dog‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɔɣər

Noun

dogger m (plural doggers)

1. dogger, fishing boat used for catching cod and haddock

   Synonym: dogboot

2. (obsolete) cod and haddock fisherman who works from a fishing boat
3. (obsolete) tubular net or fish trap used for catching cod and haddock