Dog

radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.

Proper noun

  1. The language supposedly spoken by dogs
    • Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other. - 2005, Jean Little, Forward, Shakespeare!, Orca Book Publishers,...
    • Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme. - 2006, Andrew Cope, Spy...
    • I blinked. “I thought you were talking to Blake about a dog.” “Cath,” Jake said, “I'm trying to be more open about this. Didn't you just say that you could talk to animals?” The realization dawned on me. “I don't speak...
  2. The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
  3. Newcastle Brown Ale
    • This article celebrates the fine city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, situated in northeast England, and its gentle inhabitants, the Geordies. […] Oh yes. Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate....
    • This popularity has led to another nickname for the beer in its local market: the Dog. Pubgoers in the Northeast often refer to their nightly trip to the pub as “going out to walk the dog.” And because Newcastle Brown...
  4. The Dog Star; Sirius.
    • But he must ever watch the northern Bear, Who from her frozen height with jealous eye Confronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south, And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream. - 1869, Matthew Arnold, Early Poems,...

Origin

The figurative sense "Newcastle Brown Ale" comes from the euphemism "I'm going to walk the dog" or "I'm going to see a man about a dog", meaning "I'm going to the pub for a drink". This was further popularised by a 1980s advertising campaign.

Synonyms

dog dogspeak Broon Broonale Journey into Space Newkie Brown

Noun

  1. radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.

    Synonyms: Delta