doghouse
[dog-hous, dog-]
- a small shelter for a dog.
- (on a yacht) a small cabin that presents a relatively high profile and gives the appearance of a box.Compare trunk cabin.
- Rocketry Slang. a bulge on the surface of a rocket or missile, for scientific instruments.
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- in the doghouse, Slang. in disfavor or disgrace.
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Origin of doghouse
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Related Words for in the doghouse
contemptible, vile, shady, despicable, shameful, sordid, abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, derogatory, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinousdoghouse
- US and Canadian a hutlike shelter for a dogAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): kennel
- informal disfavour (in the phrase in the doghouse)
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Word Origin and History for in the doghouse
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in the doghouse
Temporarily out of favor or in trouble: “Tyrone forgot his wife's anniversary, and now he's really in the doghouse.”
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Idioms and Phrases with in the doghouse
in the doghouse
In disfavor, in trouble, as in Jane knew that forgetting the check would put her in the doghouse. This expression alludes to relegating a dog that misbehaves to its outdoor kennel. [c. 1900]
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doghouse
see in the doghouse.
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