**doggerel**                                                                      404                                                                                       **dogs**
[Illustrations of dog breeds: poodle, pekinese, dachshund, pit bull terrier, spaniel, collie, greyhound, Dalmatian, Alsatian esp. BrE/ German shepherd esp. AmE, Afghan, Labrador, Doberman pinscher, Old English sheepdog, Yorkshire terrier, rottweiler, Jack Russell]
water. It used to be known as a place where lots of boats went to catch fish, but the amount of fishing allowed is much more limited now.
**dog·ge·rel** /'dɒgərəl||'dɔː-, 'dɑː-/ n [U] silly and worthless poetry that is often not intended to be serious
**dog·go** /'dɒɡəʊ||'dɔː-/ adv **lie doggo** old-fash slang to lie or hide quietly without moving or making a noise; remain in hiding
**dog·gone** /'dɒɡɒn, 'dɔːɡɒn/ v [T] AmE euph slang DAMN: *Doggone it, I’ve lost again!* —**doggone, -goned** adj [A] *That doggoned cat has upset the milk!*
**dog·gy¹**, **doggie** /'dɒɡi||'dɔːɡi/ n (used especially to or by children) a dog
**doggy²** adj infml 1 like or relating to dogs: *doggy noises from the shed* 2 **doggy style/fashion** a way of having sex in which a man has a position behind his partner who is kneeling down
**'doggy bag, doggie bag** n especially AmE a small bag provided by a restaurant for taking home food that remains uneaten after a meal
[CULTURAL NOTE] The amount of food provided in restaurants is usually much greater in the US than in Britain, and it is considered quite acceptable to take some of it home in a doggy bag.
**dog·house** /'dɒɡhaʊs||'dɔːɡ-/ n **in the doghouse** infml in a state of disfavour or shame
**do·gie** /'dəʊɡi/ n AmE a motherless CALF (=baby cow) in a group of cattle
**dog·leg** /'dɒɡleɡ||'dɔːɡ-/ n a sharp bend in a road, a racetrack, or especially part of a GOLF course
**dog·ma** /'dɒɡmə|| 'dɔːɡmə, 'dɑːɡmə/ n [C;U] often derog an important belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without reasoning: *Catholic dogma | Marxist dogma*
**dog·mat·ic** /dɒɡ'mætɪk||dɔːɡ-, dɑːɡ-/ adj usually derog holding one’s beliefs very strongly and expecting other people to accept them without question: *a dogmatic person/manner | He’s very dogmatic about the right way to bring up children.* —**-ally** /-kli/ adv
**dog·ma·tis·m** /'dɒɡmətɪzəm||'dɔːɡ-, 'dɑːɡ-/ n [U] usually derog the quality of being dogmatic —**-tist** n
**do-good·er** /,du: 'ɡʊdər/ n usually derog a person who tries to help people who have problems, but who tends to be impractical or ineffective
**'dog ,paddle** also **'doggy paddle** n [(the) S] infml a simple swimming stroke in which the legs are kicked while the arms make short quick movements up and down in the water like the front legs of a swimming dog
**dogs** /dɒɡz||dɔːɡz/ n 1 [the P] a sports event at which dogs (especially GREYHOUNDS) race and money is won or lost: *a night out at the dogs* 2 [P] humor slang feet: *I’ve walked so much today that my dogs are really killing me.* 3 [P] also **firedogs, and irons** supports for burning logs in a fireplace 4 **go to the dogs** to become ruined, especially to change from a better to a worse moral condition: *'This country’s going to the dogs!' said the old man.*
**dogs·bod·y** /'dɒɡz,bɒdi||'dɔːɡz,bɑːdi/ n BrE infml a person in a low-ranking position who has to do the least interesting work: *I’m just the dogsbody in this office.*
** ,dog’s 'dinner** also **,dog’s 'breakfast** n [S] BrE derog slang something badly or untidily done: *I don’t know who designed this course, but it’s a real dog’s dinner.*
**'dog sled** n a small carriage pulled by dogs over snow, used especially in Alaska and the northern part of Canada
**'dog’s ,life** n [S] an unhappy dull existence
**'dog ,tag** n AmE infml a small piece of metal on which a soldier’s name, blood type, and number are written, worn round his neck
** ,dog-'tired** adj infml extremely tired
**dog·trot** /'dɒɡtrɒt||'dɔːɡtrɑːt/ n [C usually sing.] a way of moving along that is faster than walking but slower than running
**'dog ,warden** n (in Britain) an official worker whose job is to collect dogs which are out without their owners, and make sure that people do not take dogs into areas where they are not allowed: *I suggest that the council employ dog wardens to patrol the beach.*
**dog·wood** /'dɒɡwʊd||'dɔːɡ-/ n [C;U] a kind of flowering tree or bush from North America
**doh, do** /dəʊ/ n [S;U] the first or eighth note in the SOL-FA musical SCALE $\rightarrow$ DO