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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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Screenshots from a July 16 TikTok video of a yellow Labrador curling up on a tiny bed every night after his doggy sibling passed.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Entertainment Weekly also speaks to Leonberg (and his pup) to break down all of the biggest challenges of making the film, the best doggy bloopers, and more.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The suffix -y here is the same as in words like doggy or smarty, used to form nicknames or informal descriptors.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Screenshots from a July 16 TikTok video of a yellow Labrador curling up on a tiny bed every night after his doggy sibling passed.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The clip, which has received over 512,000 views, has melted the hearts of viewers who recognized the universal need for doggy snuggles.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Entertainment Weekly also speaks to Leonberg (and his pup) to break down all of the biggest challenges of making the film, the best doggy bloopers, and more.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Doggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doggy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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