English Explanatory Dictionary

doge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
noun
  1. Deliberate misspelling of doggy.
  2. Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of doge (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”).
noun
  1. Clipping of Dogecoin (“a unit of the cyptocurrency”).
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
name
  1. Acronym of Department of Government Efficiency.
verb
  1. To fire, scale back or remove in an attempt to improve efficiency.

Pronunciation

/dəʊdʒ/ /dəʊʒ/ /ˈdəʊ.dʒeɪ/ /doʊd͡ʒ/ /doʊʒ/ /ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ/ en-us-doge.ogg /dəʊɡ/ /ˈdɒɡ.i/ /ˈdəʊ.ɡi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doge.wav /doʊɡ/ /ˈdɑɡ.i/ /ˈdoʊ.ɡi/

Word forms

doge doges dogi dogeing doged DOGE'd

Etymology

Partly from Middle French doge and partly from its etymon, Italian doge, from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duc, duce, duke, and dux.

Related words

dogaressa doge

Derived words

dogal dogedom dogeless dogeship dogess dogecoin DOGE DOGE bro DOGEr
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