SINCE 1828
dawg
noun
\ ˈdȯg sometimes ˈdäg
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plural dawgs
Definition of dawg
1
—used as a facetious spelling of dog in various senses in the dawg househamburgers and dawgs with all the fixings… the recent spat between Felicity's friend Elena … and her two-timin' dawg of a boyfriend …— Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 1999
2
slang
: man, buddy, dude
—used especially as a familiar form of address It'll make you a lot stronger, spendin' your summers harvestin' watermelons with crackheads at $20 a truckload, hiding your money from them at night. That was the highest-paying job I had before my $49 million one with the Colts, and it helped shape me, dawg.— Edgerrin James, ESPN, 4 Sept. 2000
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