Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables: red -dog
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American usage; Countable

noun

The lowest grade of flour in milling, secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, and mainly useful as animal feed.

Uncountable

noun

Uncountable

noun

Prickly heat; miliaria.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, dog.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

American usage

name

A card game in which players bet on the next card to appear.

Example Sentences

"This fraction of grain offal contains a number of over-lapping sub-fractions, which are known in the trade as red-dog, shorts, middlings, and bran. A portion of the red-dog is contained in the lowest grade of straight flour."

Usage

Inflected Forms

red dogs (plural) red dogs (present, singular) red dogging (participle, present) red dogged (participle, past) red dogged (past)

Questions

What does red dog mean?: A blitz.

How to pronounce red dog

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