doggy

¹ American  

[daw-gee, dog-ee] / ˈdɔ gi, ˈdɒg i /

Or doggie

noun

plural

doggies

1. a little dog or a puppy.

2. a pet term for any dog.

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doggy ² American  

[daw-gee, dog-ee] / ˈdɔ gi, ˈdɒg i /

Or doggie

adjective

doggier, doggiest

1. of or relating to a dog.

   a doggy smell.

2. fond of dogs.

   tweedy, doggy people.

3. pretentious; ostentatious.

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doggy British  

/ ˈdɒɡɪ /

noun

1. a children's word for a dog

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adjective

1. of, like, or relating to a dog

2. fond of dogs

Etymology

Origin of doggy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; dog + -y ²

Origin of doggy²

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; dog, -y ¹

Example Sentences

Next he turned to AlphaFold, a scientific AI model that won 2024's chemistry Nobel, to better understand one of the mutated doggy genes.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“If I had an ideal day, I would start with a lot of doggy time,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

This lost doggy was tracked down with drones and thermal technology.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

These days, it’s likely buried in search results under pages of goods and services marketed to enthusiastic pet owners that go well beyond contemporary expectations like doggy day cares, cat hotels and raw-food delivery services.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2025

“What’s the doggy going to eat, then?” asks Becky.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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