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dog do

dog do

8.0
Poop a dog leaves on the ground
  • noun
  • /dɔg du/
  • NSFW
translation icon : excremento de perro
  • On Friday night they're at the club, and Sister Dog is doing what dogs do best: rumbling through the garbage cans looking for leftovers, chasing Brother Skunk through the fence, and tussling around the alley with that fine-looking Brother Dog.

Examples

  • Whenever I see dog do on the sidewalk, I make sure to look out for my shoes.

  • Dogs do that.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I hugged Merlin, who had jumped into the wagon at the last moment, sensing, as dogs do, that something was going on and wanting to be part of it.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Pet owners are required to pick up after their dogs and dispose of the dog do properly.

  • While walking in the park, I noticed someone failed to clean up the dog do left on the grass.

Synonyms

dog shit
vsdog do
  • Offensive
22 9.5

Poop that a dog leaves on the ground

is the more neutral term used in plain or polite contexts
doody
vsdog do
  • Baby Talk
11 9.0

A childish word for poo

is the standard term without a playful or childish tone
dog-doo
vsdog do
  • Baby Talk
1 8.6

Poop left by dogs on the ground

is the neutral term referring to the same waste without casual tone
dog turd
vsdog do
  • NSFW
1 5.1

A piece of poop that a dog leaves on the ground

refers to the general waste rather than one separate piece
doggy do
vsdog do
  • NSFW
8.8

Poop left by a dog on the ground that people must pick up

refers simply to animal waste without stressing cleaning or dirt
dog dirt
vsdog do
  • NSFW
7.5

Poop left by a dog outside where people walk

is the general word for animal waste not limited by location
droppings
vsdog do
3.7

Small piles or pellets of animal poop

is specific to one pet's waste rather than all animals

Surface Forms

dog do singular
dog dos plural

Morphology

dog + do

Although 'dog' is transparent, the element 'do' as given does not carry a meaning of feces in standard English (the childish form 'doo' or 'doo-doo' does, but that is orthographic/colloquial). A B1 learner who knows 'dog' and the common senses of 'do' (verb meaning 'perform' or auxiliary) would not be able to derive 'fecal droppings' from these constituents, so the phrase is idiomatic and requires prior exposure.

Etymology

Dog do may come from a childish word: people used do, from 'doo-doo', to mean 'poop', so putting dog with do made a simple name for a dog's mess. That's why dog do today means 'dog poop'.