"dogfood" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-dogfood.ogg Forms: dogfoods [plural]
Etymology: From dog + food. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dog|food}} dog + food Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dogfood (countable and uncountable, plural dogfoods)
  1. (US) Alternative spelling of dog food Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: dog food
    Sense id: en-dogfood-en-noun-ZoNcWroe Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dog food, dog-food

Verb

Audio: En-au-dogfood.ogg Forms: dogfoods [present, singular, third-person], dogfooding [participle, present], dogfooded [participle, past], dogfooded [past]
Etymology: From dog + food. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dog|food}} dog + food Head templates: {{en-verb}} dogfood (third-person singular simple present dogfoods, present participle dogfooding, simple past and past participle dogfooded)
  1. (transitive, computing, slang) To eat one's own dog food, to use products developed by oneself or by one’s own company as end users. Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-dogfood-en-verb-J~pS-d1B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dog food, dog-food

Inflected forms

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