Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

attack dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: at-tack- -dog
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.

noun

A dog used in the bloodsport of dogfighting.

noun

A person who engages in rhetorical attacks on behalf of another.

noun

A person or other entity who fights physically on behalf of another.

Example Sentences

"It was, however, as Charles Darwin's alter ego, an attack dog for the theory of evolution, that Huxley gained his greatest notoriety."
"In the middle of the night, snow falling all around, the Hound digs the family a grave. We didn’t need this episode to know the Hound has changed. Even if we hadn’t seen his relationship with Arya start to work its magic on him, the Hound’s time with the septon who saved him shows how far he’s come from the Lannisters’ attack dog."

Inflected Forms

attack dogs (plural)

Questions

What does attack dog mean?: Any dog bred, trained or used for the purpose of attacking a target, either on command or on sight; trained either as a specialized form of police dog or a security force dog.

How to pronounce attack dog

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