"dawg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔːɡ/ [General-Australian, UK, US], /dɑɡ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-au-dawg.ogg Forms: dawgs [plural]
enPR: dôg [General-Australian, UK, US] 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 terms of address, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 55 45
  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, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'slang: dude, bud, pal': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: homedawg, road dawg

Inflected forms

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          "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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          "ref": "2014, “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”, performed by Drake:",
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          "text": "I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!",
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          "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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          "text": "I'm not usually on African food, but the smell of that jollof is peng right now my dawg!",
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        },
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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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