K9

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkeɪnaɪn//
United States//ˈkeɪˌnaɪn//

A trained police dog.

noun

1
A trained police dog.
Police working dogs (K9s) often have extremely close bonds with their handlers.
Originally a K9 dog for the police department, Captain was asked to resign for unknown reasons.
Apollo, part of the New York Police Department K9 Search and Rescue team was on the scene of the disaster just 15 minutes after the disaster
The Saitama Prefectural Police Department, for example, had no K9 units of its own, and relied on contract dogs exclusively.

Etymology

Pseudo-acronym of canine, by phonetic similarity of the letter and number names with the two syllables of canine.

Forms

plural: K9s

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K9 · A trained police dog.

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