Definition

/dɑɡ/

noun

A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
“The dog barked all night long.”
Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

verb

To pursue with the intent to catch.
To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
“The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.”
To fasten a hatch securely.
“It is very important to dog down these hatches...”

noun

Meat from a dog eaten as food.
“We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time.”
Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.
An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.
“Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!”