"attack dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: attack dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} attack dog (plural attack dogs)
  1. Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog. Categories (lifeform): Dogs Translations (dog trained to protect or attack targets): hyökkäämään koulutettu koira (Finnish), 攻撃犬 (kōgekiken) (alt: こうげきけん) (Japanese), anjing penyerang (Malay), kamphund (english: dogfighting) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attack_dog-en-noun-X0Tdag1f Disambiguation of Dogs: 53 28 15 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 23 23 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 15 13 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 25 12 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 22 21 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 18 21 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 58 18 18 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 30 10 34 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 54 18 21 8 Disambiguation of 'dog trained to protect or attack targets': 54 36 7 3
  2. A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.
    Sense id: en-attack_dog-en-noun-amIPqdeq Categories (other): Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 30 10 34 26
  3. (figurative) A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-attack_dog-en-noun-s-Eo7lr9 Disambiguation of People: 2 1 52 45 Categories (other): Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 30 10 34 26
  4. (figurative) A person or other entity who fights physically on behalf of another. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-attack_dog-en-noun-gf-17hrt Disambiguation of People: 2 1 52 45 Categories (other): Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 30 10 34 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: guard dog, police dog

Inflected forms

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