"pig dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-pig dog.ogg [Australia] Forms: pig dogs [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Schweinehund. (surfing stance): Taj Burrow offers two (perhaps fanciful) explanations: that it is from the strange dog-like face most surfers get when in the stance (page 119) or that the stance is low and sturdy like a dog (glossary page 171). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Schweinehund}} Calque of German Schweinehund, {{sense|surfing stance}} (surfing stance): Head templates: {{en-noun}} pig dog (plural pig dogs)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (lifeform): Hunting dogs Synonyms: swinehound
    Sense id: en-pig_dog-en-noun-ENvFPrKj Disambiguation of Hunting dogs: 60 15 17 9 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 21 17 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 17 13 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 17 16 5
  2. (surfing) A stance used for surfing tubes on one’s backhand. The surfer crouches low over a bent front knee, back leg extending back, outside hand holding onto the outside rail, and inside arm extended upwards touching the face of the wave as a guide (or digging in to slow down). Categories (topical): Surfing
    Sense id: en-pig_dog-en-noun-VvRTJmOD Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
  3. A contemptible or worthless person.
    Sense id: en-pig_dog-en-noun-B9hdkVGf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pigdog, pig-dog

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-pig dog.ogg [Australia] Forms: pig dogs [present, singular, third-person], pig dogging [participle, present], pig dogged [participle, past], pig dogged [past]
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  1. To surf in the pig dog stance.
    Sense id: en-pig_dog-en-verb-ZdurnabW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pigdog, pig-dog

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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