doggy

«doggy» in Mova's school dictionary: A dog: Look at the doggy! — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a doggy, doggies; also doggie) — informal; adjective (doggy — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, child's word) A dog: Look at the doggy! tree →

2) (adjective, informal) Like a dog or to do with dogs; smelling of dog: a doggy smell. tree →

3) «doggy bag» — a bag or box to take home the food you did not finish at a restaurant. tree →

4) «doggy paddle» — a simple way of swimming like a dog, paddling with hands under the water. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life small children say «doggy» for dog; families ask for a doggy bag; beginners swim doggy paddle. Phrases: «doggy bag», «doggy paddle», «doggy door».

examples

• Look, Mummy, a big doggy! tree →
• Can we have a doggy bag for the leftover pizza? tree →
• My little brother can only do doggy paddle. tree →
• The car had a doggy smell after the trip. tree →
• We put in a doggy door so the dog can go out. tree →
• The doggies wagged their tails. tree →

note

Informal, a child's or baby-talk word; in writing use «dog». Plural «doggies». Also spelled «doggie». The word has a rude adult use too, so in schoolwork keep to «doggy bag», «doggy paddle» and «dog».

In the corpora

• "Gone to doggy heaven" is a gentle, half-joking way to tell a child the dog died.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «doggy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.