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dogger

/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
dog-ger
IPA
/ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.

noun

A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

British usage

noun

A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

noun

A person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.

Australian usage

noun

A dogman.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

noun

Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).

Humorous

name

A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; also a shipping forecast area.

name

An epoch from 175.6 ± 2.0 to 161.2 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/
  • British English: /ˈdɒ.ɡə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doggers (plural)

Derived Forms

doggerman

Phrases

anti-dogger hot dogger

Frequently Paired Words

anti-dogger hot dogger

Synonyms

doggo

Rhymes With

blogger jogger logger fogger defogger slogger clogger pettifogger bogger snogger nogger

Questions

How do you pronounce dogger?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/.
What does dogger mean?
A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
Where does dogger come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce dogger

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