Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mad-dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: mad--dog
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Attributive form of mad dog

noun

Alternative form of mad dog.

adj

Fanatically or irrationally ferocious.

Example Sentences

"These are mad-dog times, man!"
"Then she calls the cops, reports your standard mad-dog black burglar."
"All we have to do is kill the mad-dog Nicaraguan who oppresses our people, calling himself a soldier."
"And, now, these same cynical cops were being asked to shoot that dude on sight, to treat him like a mad-dog psychopath—the sanest guy in town."
"Against the bite of a mad-dog : take two onions or three, boil them, spread them in ashes, mix them with fat and honey, lay it on."
"To detect the microbes, he had to collect the saliva of a mad-dog."

Inflected Forms

mad-dogs (plural) more mad-dog (comparative) most mad-dog (superlative)

Questions

What does mad-dog mean?: Attributive form of mad dog

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