dawg

noun

ˈdȯg sometimes ˈdäg 

plural dawgs

1

—used as a facetious spelling of dog in various senses

in the dawg house

hamburgers and dawgs with all the fixings

… the recent spat between Felicity's friend Elena … and her two-timin' dawg of a boyfriend …

—Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 1999

2

slang : man, buddy, dude

—used especially as a familiar form of address

It'll make you a lot stronger, spendin' your summers harvestin' watermelons with crackheads at $20 a truckload, hiding your money from them at night. That was the highest-paying job I had before my $49 million one with the Colts, and it helped shape me, dawg.

—Edgerrin James, ESPN, 4 Sept. 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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