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doggie

doggie

88 3.7
A child's friendly word for a dog
  • noun
  • /ˈdɔɡi/
  • Baby Talk
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  • She bought a new toy for her doggie to chew on.
  • little doggie
  • nice doggie
  • get a doggie

It's like, I want to be with the doggies.

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Examples

  • - Oh, what a cute little doggie.

  • There's our doggie.

  • And here is a treat for being the best doggie in the whole world.

  • And what happens is my kids like to go outside of the doggie door, run away and then come out here.

  • Is that a doggie cake?

  • Would you give a bite of your hot dog to the doggie please?

  • His mouth was open, and his tongue was hanging out in a big doggie smile of satisfaction.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And if the doggie doesn't like it he can find new arrangements.

  • And then inside there will be like some shiny bits and some rough bits and a soft little doggie to pet.

  • Have you ever wondered how a doggie biscuit tastes and wanted to try?

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Synonyms

pooch
vsdoggie
  • Informal
49 7.7

A small friendly dog kept as a pet

is more affectionate and often used by or to children
doggy
vsdoggie
  • Baby Talk
31 4.6

A childish word for a pet animal that people walk and play with

is more affectionate and used by or to children
poochie
vsdoggie
  • Informal
3 8.2

A small pet dog that people call a cute name

is affectionate too but used by or to children regardless of size
bow-wow
vsdoggie
  • Baby Talk
9.3

A word children use for a dog

is affectionate and used by or to children rather than imitating sound
doggo
vsdoggie
  • Slang
9.0

A dog often shown in funny pictures or posts online

is used affectionately by or to children rather than as online slang

Compounds

5 2.0

A bag a restaurant gives you to take home leftover food

How Affectionate

doggie
  • Baby Talk
88 3.7
doggo
  • Slang
9.0
pooch
  • Informal
49 7.7
dog
1.0

Surface Forms

doggie singular
doggies plural

Morphology

doggie = dog (transparent) = dog + ie

A productive diminutive/affectionate formation using the familiar English suffix '-ie', so the meaning is directly derived from 'dog'.

Etymology

Doggie is simply the everyday word dog plus the little ending -ie that makes a word sound 'small' or 'cute'. So people use doggie as a friendly name for a dog, often used by or to children.