doggy
SubstantivAdjektivAdverbAdjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈdɒ.ɡi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈdɔ.ɡi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈdɑɡ.i//
A dog, especially a small one.
Substantiv
- 1
A dog, especially a small one.
That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!
"Come on now, there's a good doggie!"
- 2
umgangssprachlichA junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]
- 3
historischSynonym of corporal.
[…] the "doggy" sometimes took a safety-lamp, and sometimes not, when he entered the mine in the morning; whether he did on the morning of the catastrophe was not apparent.
- 4
Variante von doggy styleEllipsis of doggy style.
Her favourite position is doggy.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doggy From dog + -y (diminutive suffix).
Adjektiv
- 1
SlangDoggy style.
Adverb
- 1
SlangDoggy style.
Adjektiv
- 1
umgangssprachlichSuggestive of or in the manner of a dog.
King Lune […] had just come from making a round of the kennels with his Huntsman and had only stopped for a moment to wash his doggy hands.
The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling.
- 2
umgangssprachlichFond of dogs.
I know that, without becoming maudlin as so many doggy people unfortunately do, he thought a great deal of his faithful little companion.
Herkunft
From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog + -y (adjectival suffix).
Formen
- Plural
- doggies
- Komparativ
- doggier
- Superlativ
- doggiest