dogleg

[ dawg-leg, dog- ]

/ ˈdɔgˌlɛg, ˈdɒg- /

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noun

a route, way, or course that turns at a sharp angle.

adjective

dog-legged.

verb (used without object), dog·legged, dog·leg·ging.

to proceed around a sharp angle or along an angular or zigzag course: The road doglegged through the mountains.

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Origin of dogleg

First recorded in 1885–90; dog + leg

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How to use dogleg in a sentence

Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Up till then I was just a dog-assed heavy, one of the posse.
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I did a ten minute scene in his class: the guy who had gangrene in his leg in The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
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Imagine waking up to find a guy who looks like a tech startup employee eating your charred crispy leg.
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With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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His face flushed with annoyance, and taking off his soft hat he began to beat it impatiently against his leg as he walked.
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The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
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These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side.
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British Dictionary definitions for dogleg

dogleg

/ (ˈdɒɡˌlɛɡ) /

noun

a sharp bend or angle
something with a sharp bend

verb -legs, -legging or -legged

(intr) to go off at an angle

adjective

of or with the shape of a dogleg

Derived forms of dogleg

doglegged (ˌdɒɡˈlɛɡɪd, ˈdɒɡˌlɛɡd), adjective

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