"dawg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːɡ/ [General-Australian, UK, US], /dɑːɡ/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dawg.ogg [Australia] Forms: dawgs [plural]
enPR: dôg [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] 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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 57 43
  2. (chiefly US, slang) Dude, bud, pal, used to address a close male friend. Tags: US, slang Synonyms: friend Translations (slang: dude, bud, pal): jäbä [slang] (Finnish), mec [masculine, slang] (French), бра́тче (brátče) [neuter] (Macedonian), брат (brat) [masculine] (Macedonian), ба́тка (bátka) [masculine] (Macedonian), bicho [slang] (Portuguese), mano [slang] (Portuguese), чува́к (čuvák) [masculine, slang] (Russian), ко́реш (kóreš) [masculine] (Russian), брата́н (bratán) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dawg-en-noun-qv3f8iEW Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'slang: dude, bud, pal': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: road dawg

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Sup, dawg.",
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          "ref": "2014, “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”, performed by Drake",
          "text": "All up in my phone, lookin' at pictures from the other night / She gon' be upset if she keep scrollin' to the left, dawg",
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          "ref": "2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brátče",
          "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "бра́тче"
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          "ref": "2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
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      "word": "jäbä"
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      "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
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      "word": "брат"
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      "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
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      "word": "ба́тка"
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      "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
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      "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "slang: dude, bud, pal",
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      "word": "брата́н"
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