mad-dog

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verb (used with object),mad·-dogged, mad·-dog·ging.
  1. Slang. to glare at threateningly.

Origin of mad-dog

1
An Americanism dating back to 1985–90

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How to use mad-dog in a sentence

  • We do not blame the maniac who burns a house down and brains a policeman, nor the mad dog who bites a minor poet.

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • But if a dog bites him he yells 'mad dog' an' him an' th' neighbors pound th' dog to pieces with clubs.

    Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
  • No man has appeared who could say that he has seen a man live who was bitten by a mad dog.'

  • One whimper from you, damn you, and I'll shoot you as I would a mad dog!

    The Ghost Breaker | Charles Goddard
  • He was near to the mad dog's fate, as soon as a convenient apology for stopping his career could be invented.