variants
or doggie
plural doggies
: a usually small dog
doggier; doggiest
Examples of doggy in a Sentence
Noun
what a good little doggy!
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Of course, Heather would be a perfect little froufrou doggy.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
There are four new water fountains with options to refill water bottles and a doggy drink basin at their foundations.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
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Noun
Here are three options that welcome very good boys and girls — oh, who’s a good doggy?
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Of course, Heather would be a perfect little froufrou doggy.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
Her way of speaking—warm and Midwest-earnest—makes even something as outrageous as doggy IVF seem like a gesture of compassion.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
There are four new water fountains with options to refill water bottles and a doggy drink basin at their foundations.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
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“Doggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doggy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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