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

Popular Headspace mindfulness app posted a YouTube video this week titled: "When your pets miss you, play this: 6 hour calming music for dogs and cats".

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Cats and dogs can now fill the hours their owners are at work with a dedicated all-day streaming channel for pets launched by Chinese tech giant Tencent.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Every kennel here is full when we visit and many of them are covered by screens, because some of the dogs are so volatile our presence could provoke them.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The plots sit vacant, with faded signs beside locked gates and security signs warning “Guard dogs in use. Trespassers will be prosecuted.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

We tried to make him a pet and move him into the house, as we often do when dogs retire, but he didn’t want that, didn’t want to leave the kennel.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen