border collie

noun

often capitalized B
: any of a breed of medium-sized sheepdogs of British origin noted for their herding abilities

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In the reel, a border collie seems to have taken on an unusual new habit from its feline housemate. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 Though Ruka did everything in his power to keep me happy, his blue merle border collie brain had an affinity for rolling in anything dead, decaying, or otherwise putrid. The Editors, Outside, 26 Aug. 2025 Their movement resembles less the effortless agility of a border collie and more the stiff animation of an early South Park episode. Mack Degeurin Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025 Carolyn and her 9-year-old border collie, Hermes, was one of the first five K9 and handler teams to pass their field tests. Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for border collie

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of border collie was in 1938

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“Border collie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/border%20collie. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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