dogger

See also: Dogger

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒ.ɡə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: dog‧ger

Etymology 1

Dutch, from dogger (codfish).

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

Etymology 2

dog (verb) + -er

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (British) A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dogger

  1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Etymology 4

dog + -er

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (Australia) A wild dog trapper employed in the pastoral industry.[1]

Etymology 5

From dog (part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted) + -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.

Noun

dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A dogman.

References

  1. Gun for hire Don Sallway leads assault against Queensland's wild dogs ABC News, 28 August 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.ɣər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: dog‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ɔɣər

Noun

dogger m (plural doggers)

  1. dogger, fishing boat used for catching cod and haddock
    Synonym: dogboot
  2. (obsolete) cod and haddock fisherman who works from a fishing boat
  3. (obsolete) tubular net or fish trap used for catching cod and haddock
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