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dogger.

A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɒ.ɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/General-American
  1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

Where this word comes from

From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

noun/ˈdɒ.ɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/General-American
  1. A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

    UK
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dogger From dog (verb) + -er.

noun/ˈdɒ.ɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/General-American
  1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

noun/ˈdɒ.ɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/General-American
  1. A person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.

    Australia
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dogger From dog + -er.

noun/ˈdɒ.ɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/General-American
  1. A dogman.

    Australia · New-Zealand
Where this word comes from

From dog (“part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted”) + -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.

noun/ˈdɒ.ɡə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/General-American
  1. Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).

    diminutive · endearing · humorous
    Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!
    Get over here you little dogger! That belly needs some scritchin!
Where this word comes from

From dog + -er (suffix forming slang or colloquial equivalents of words).

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