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dog·gy

2 [daw-gee, dog-ee]
adjective, dog·gi·er, dog·gi·est.
1.
of or pertaining to a dog: a doggy smell.
2.
fond of dogs: tweedy, doggy people.
3.
pretentious; ostentatious.
Also, dog·gie.


Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see dog, -y1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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doggy or doggie (ˈdɒɡɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -gies
1.  a children's word for a dog
 
adj
2.  of, like, or relating to a dog
3.  fond of dogs
 
doggie or doggie
 
n
 
adj

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Example sentences
On the property, there is a doggy park for walking and exercising pets.
Bring along your extra plastic grocery bags to hold your doggy droppings.
We'd probably laugh and think that it was pretty futile, since all he has is
  his little doggy perspective.
The hotel also provides complimentary organic doggy biscuits for its canine
  visitors.
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