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Antonyms for dog it
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : dawg, dog |
Phonetic Transcription : dɔg, dɒg |
Definition of dog it
Origin :- Old English docga, a late, rare word used of a powerful breed of canine. It forced out Old English hund (the general Germanic and Indo-European word; see canine) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental languages (e.g. French dogue (16c.), Danish dogge), but the origin remains one of the great mysteries of English etymology.
- Many expressions -- a dog's life (c.1600), go to the dogs (1610s), etc. -- reflect earlier hard use of the animals as hunting accessories, not pampered pets. In ancient times, "the dog" was the worst throw in dice (attested in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit, where the word for "the lucky player" was literally "the dog-killer"), which plausibly explains the Greek word for "danger," kindynas, which appears to be "play the dog."
- Slang meaning "ugly woman" is from 1930s; that of "sexually aggressive man" is from 1950s. Adjectival phrase dog-eat-dog attested by 1850s. Dog tag is from 1918. To dog-ear a book is from 1650s; dog-eared in extended sense of "worn, unkempt" is from 1894.
- Notwithstanding, as a dog hath a day, so may I perchance have time to declare it in deeds. [Princess Elizabeth, 1550]It is ill wakyng of a sleapyng dogge. [Heywood, 1562]
- Phrase put on the dog "get dressed up" (1934) may look back to the stiff stand-up shirt collars that in the 1890s were the height of male fashion (and were known as dog-collars at least from 1883), with reference to collars worn by dogs. The common Spanish word for "dog," perro, also is a mystery word of unknown origin, perhaps from Iberian. A group of Slavic "dog" words (Old Church Slavonic pisu, Polish pies, Serbo-Croatian pas) likewise are of unknown origin.
- As in contemptuous : adj arrogant, insolent
- As in abscond : verb run away, depart secretly
- As in run : verb move fast on foot
- As in hightail : verb run
- As in goof off : verb avoid work
Synonyms for dog it
- abscond
- amble
- audacious
- barrel
- beat it
- bold
- bolt
- bound
- break
- bum around
- bustle
- canter
- career
- cavalier
- cheeky
- clear out
- coast
- cold-shoulder
- condescending
- contumelious
- cool
- course
- cut and run
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- derisive
- derisory
- diddle
- disappear
- disdainful
- disrespectful
- dog it
- doodle
- drag one's feet
- duck out
- escape
- fade
- featherbed
- fiddle around
- flee
- flit
- fluff off
- fly
- fly the coop
- fool around
- gallop
- get
- get out
- go AWOL
- go like lightning
- go south
- hang around
- hang out
- hard
- hard-nosed
- hasten
- haughty
- hie
- high and mighty
- high hat
- hightail
- hightail it
- horse around
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hustle
- insulting
- j
- jog
- jump
- leave
- leg it
- light out
- lollygag
- lope
- make a break
- make off
- make scarce
- make tracks
- mess around
- monkey around
- on high horse
- opprobrious
- pace
- pull out
- putz around
- quit
- race
- run off
- rush
- sardonic
- scamper
- scoot
- scorch
- scornful
- scram
- scramble
- screw off
- scud
- scurry
- shag
- shirk
- shoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- skitter
- slack
- slip
- smoke
- sneak away
- sneering
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- speed
- split
- spring
- sprint
- spurt
- steal away
- supercilious
- take flight
- take it easy
- take off
- tear
- tear out
- temperamental
- travel
- trot
- uppity
- upstage
- vamoose
- vanish
- whisk
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