Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🐶 A dachshund dog 💃 A prostitute
doxie

doxie

1 9.1
A small dog with short legs and a long body
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑːksi/
  • Informal
translation icon : teckel
  • We adopted a friendly doxie from the animal shelter last year.

Examples

  • The doxie barked excitedly whenever someone rang the doorbell.

  • My doxie loves to play in the garden with the kids.

  • Their playful doxie loves to chase tennis balls around the backyard.

  • My doxie loves to cuddle on the couch.

  • Have you seen my doxie around here?

  • The little doxie has a tendency to bark at every passerby.

  • We took our doxie on a long walk to the park this afternoon.

Synonyms

dachshund
vsdoxie
15 4.4

A small dog with a long body, short legs, and long ears bred to hunt animals in burrows

is the informal nickname used in casual speech
wiener dog
vsdoxie
  • Informal
1 3.1

A small dog with a long body and short legs often kept as a pet

focuses on small size and short legs
dachsie
vsdoxie
  • UK
9.5

A small dog with a long body and short legs, like a dachshund

stresses small size and short legs instead
sausage dog
vsdoxie
  • UK
3.5

A small dog with a long body and short legs

describes the same breed by small size and short legs

Surface Forms

doxie singular
doxies plural

Etymology

Doxie for the small, short-legged dog probably began as a friendly short form of dachshund, which means 'badger dog' in German, and so Doxie now names that little, long-bodied breed.