Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottom dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tom -dog
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underdog (someone at a disadvantage).

Example Sentences

"There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member."

Inflected Forms

bottom dogs (plural)

Antonyms

top dog

Questions

What does bottom dog mean?: An underdog (someone at a disadvantage).

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