dogger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
noun
  1. A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.
noun
  1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
noun
  1. A person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.
noun
  1. A dogman.
noun
  1. Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).
name
  1. A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; also a shipping forecast area.
  2. An epoch from 175.6 ± 2.0 to 161.2 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɒ.ɡə/ /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dogger.wav

Word forms

dogger doggers

Etymology

From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).

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