"dawg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɔɡ/ [General-American] (note: without the cot–caught merger), /dɑɡ/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger], /doːɡ/ [Australia, British, Southern, Standard] Audio: En-us-ne-dog.ogg [US], en-us-dog.ogg [US] (note: cot-caught), en-au-dawg.ogg [Australia] Forms: dawgs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɡ Etymology: Etymology tree Old English *dogga Middle English dogge English dogder. English dawg Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|dog|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old English *dogga Middle English dogge English dogder. English dawg [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "*dogga", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "dogge", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dog", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dawg", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="dawg">, {{etymon|en|:der|dog|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old English *dogga Middle English dogge English dogder. English dawg Head templates: {{en-noun}} dawg (plural dawgs)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of dog. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: dog
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  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 referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 54 46 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], punk [humorous, rare], 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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          "ref": "2014 January 13, Tom Kauffman, “M. Night Shaym-Aliens!” (11:23 from the start), in Rick and Morty, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Rick Sanchez (Justin Roiland):",
          "text": "“Wow. What do you know? Huh. That was easy.” “Totes malotes, dawg.” “Just kind of hard to believe, you know?” “Believe it, Morty. And once again, I'm flying away with everything I can carry, and the Zigerions got nothing of mine.”",
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          "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:",
          "text": "I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!",
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          "ref": "2019 December 8, K. M. Bishop, Fake It For Me, K. M. Bishop:",
          "text": "“Totes malotes, dawg,” Abby shot me with a finger-gun. “And trust me, I'm amazing at it, just like everything else. So, order the pizza, Sandy, and let's get this show on the road. This is going to be f-u-u-u-u-u-u-n.”",
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          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "dog",
          "dog#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Sup, dawg?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              61,
              65
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014 January 13, Tom Kauffman, “M. Night Shaym-Aliens!” (11:23 from the start), in Rick and Morty, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Rick Sanchez (Justin Roiland):",
          "text": "“Wow. What do you know? Huh. That was easy.” “Totes malotes, dawg.” “Just kind of hard to believe, you know?” “Believe it, Morty. And once again, I'm flying away with everything I can carry, and the Zigerions got nothing of mine.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              116,
              120
            ]
          ],
          "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",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              83,
              87
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2017, Joseph Barnes Phillips, Big Foot ...and Tiny Little Heartstrings:",
          "text": "I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2019 December 8, K. M. Bishop, Fake It For Me, K. M. Bishop:",
          "text": "“Totes malotes, dawg,” Abby shot me with a finger-gun. “And trust me, I'm amazing at it, just like everything else. So, order the pizza, Sandy, and let's get this show on the road. This is going to be f-u-u-u-u-u-u-n.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Term of address for a close, usually male, friend."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang) Term of address for a close, usually male, friend."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "babber"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "billy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Rastafarian"
          ],
          "word": "bredrin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "bruv"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Canada",
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "bud"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Canada",
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "buddo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Canada",
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "buddy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "butty"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Jewish"
          ],
          "word": "chaver"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "china"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "chuck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "chum"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Australia",
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "cock"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "cocker"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Australia"
          ],
          "word": "cobber"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "compadre"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "comrade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "companion"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Australia"
          ],
          "word": "cove"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "crony"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "dawg"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "dude"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "duck"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "fam"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "fettler"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "friend"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "geez"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "geezer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "gink"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "good old boy"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "homeskillet"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "homie"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "kith"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "lover"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "marrow"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Australia",
            "New-Zealand",
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "mate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "matey"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "mucker"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "old bean"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "pal"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "pardner"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "plural",
            "plural-only"
          ],
          "word": "peeps"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "humorous",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "punk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "shag"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "sport"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "surry"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "word": "tovarish"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:friend",
          "tags": [
            "Papua-New-Guinea"
          ],
          "word": "wantok"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɔːɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɔɡ/",
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɑɡ/",
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        "General-American",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doːɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Southern",
        "Standard"
      ]
    },
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      "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",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːɡ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dawg"
}

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