"dawg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɔɡ/ [General-American], /dɑɡ/ [cot-caught-merger], /doːɡ/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-dawg.ogg Forms: dawgs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɡ Head templates: {{en-noun}} dawg (plural dawgs)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of dog. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: dog
    Sense id: en-dawg-en-noun-YaLPZWGO Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
  2. (US, slang) Term of address for a close, usually male, friend. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-dawg-en-noun-3jNyy2L~ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 27 73 Synonyms: babber [UK], billy [UK], bredrin [Rastafarian], bruv [UK], bud [Canada, US], buddo [Canada, US], buddy [Canada, US], butty [UK], chaver [Jewish], china [UK], chuck [UK], chum [UK], cock [Australia, UK], cocker [UK], cobber [Australia], compadre, comrade, companion, cove [Australia], crony, dawg, dude, duck [UK], fam, fettler [UK], friend, geez [UK], geezer [UK], gink, good old boy, homeskillet, homie [US], kith [obsolete], lover [UK], marrow [UK], mate [Australia, New-Zealand, UK], matey [UK], mucker [UK], old bean [UK], pal, pardner [US], peeps [plural, plural-only], shag [UK], sport, surry [UK], tovarish, wantok [Papua-New-Guinea]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: homedawg, road dawg

Inflected forms

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          "word": "cocker"
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          "word": "fam"
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          "word": "good old boy"
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          "word": "kith"
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          "word": "old bean"
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          "word": "sport"
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          "word": "surry"
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          "word": "sport"
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Papua-New-Guinea"
          ],
          "word": "wantok"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɔːɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɔɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɑɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doːɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-dawg.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/En-au-dawg.ogg/En-au-dawg.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/En-au-dawg.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːɡ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dawg"
}

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