doggy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒ.ɡi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.ɡi/, /ˈdɑɡ.i/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡi
Etymology 1 edit
From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
doggy (plural doggies)
- (childish or endearing) A dog, especially a small one.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 33:
- "Come on now, there's a good doggie!"
- (sex) Doggy style.
- Her favourite position is doggy.
- (military, UK, informal) A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
- 2008, Iain Ballantyne, HMS Rodney: The Famous Ships of the Royal Navy Series:
- The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]
Related terms edit
Translations edit
a dog, especially a small one
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Adjective edit
doggy (not comparable)
- (slang, of sexual intercourse) Doggy style.
Adverb edit
doggy (not comparable)
- (slang, of sexual intercourse) Doggy style.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog + -y (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
doggy (comparative doggier, superlative doggiest)
- (informal) Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog.
- 1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy:
- King Lune […] had just come from making a round of the kennels with his Huntsman and had only stopped for a moment to wash his doggy hands.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
- The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling.
- (informal) Fond of dogs.