Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doggy dinner bowl look

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: dog-gy din-ner bowl look
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A look of rapt attention, expectation, or excitement, seen as a sign of romantic interest or pleading.

Informal

Example Sentences

"She smiles, laughs, has a doggy-dinner-bowl look."
"She began to give me the doggy dinner-bowl look, as the PUAs call it. It is the look that is the goal of any approach. Her eyes glazed over, her pupils dilated, and she just watched my lips move, entranced and attracted."
"CJ tries to use a Doggy Dinner Bowl look on me, saying, 'Pete, I can't let her see me like this, she'll think I'm some kind of pervert. You gotta meet her, say I'm sick, really sorry, all that shit.'"

Etymology

Presumably an allusion to the expectant gaze of a dog waiting for its owner to put food in its bowl.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

doggy dinner bowl looks (plural) DDBL (alternative, initialism)

Phrases

puppy dog eyes

Frequently Paired Words

puppy dog eyes

Questions

What does doggy dinner bowl look mean?: A look of rapt attention, expectation, or excitement, seen as a sign of romantic interest or pleading.
Where does doggy dinner bowl look come from?: Presumably an allusion to the expectant gaze of a dog waiting for its owner to put food in its bowl.

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