dogs

¹ British  

/ dɒɡz /

plural noun

1. informal greyhound racing

2. slang the feet

3. informal marketing goods with a low market share, which are unlikely to yield substantial profits

4. informal to go to ruin physically or morally

5. to leave things undisturbed

6. to abandon someone to criticism or attack

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Dogs ² British  

/ dɒɡz /

noun

1. a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years

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Example Sentences

One of her dogs is named Crüe, as in Mötley Crüe; she will name-drop the 2000s rock band Nickelback in one interview and country stalwart Ronnie Milsap in the next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

There is also potential for use in veterinary care, since gum disease in dogs and cats has similar underlying causes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

She slipped treats to the dogs languishing under Palm Springs-style misting dispensers while volunteers read to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The drug that Oruka’s code-named ORKA-001 blocks IL-23, one of our immune system’s attack dogs that mistakenly goes after a patient’s skin, in psoriasis.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Three days earlier one of my dogs had stopped eating any of the meats I had sent for the dogs—pork, lamb, beef, liver, and dry dog food.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen