different between doggy vs dogie

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?.?i/, /?d??.i/
• Rhymes: -??i

Etymology 1

From dog +? -y (“diminutive suffix”).

Alternative forms

• doggie

Noun

doggy (plural doggies)

1. (childish or endearing) A dog, especially a small one.

   That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!

2. doggy style

   Her favourite position is doggy.

3. (armed services, Britain, informal) A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.
   • 2008, Iain Ballantyne, HMS Rodney: The Famous Ships of the Royal Navy Series

     The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]

Synonyms

• (small dog): pup, puppy, puppy dog, pooch, poochie

Related terms

• doggy bag
• doggy paddle
• doggy style

Translations

See also

• dogie

Etymology 2

From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog +? -y (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

doggy (comparative doggier, superlative doggiest)

1. (informal) Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog.
2. (informal) Fond of dogs.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dogey
• dogy

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???i/
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

dogie (plural dogies)

1. (US, regional, colloquial) A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow. [from 19th c.]
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 49:

     When she was a child, her father often gave her orphaned calves to look after, and every so often, she would fold the grown ones in with the steers when they were shipped off to Fort Worth. She made enough money off her dogies to make investments in stocks […]

Synonyms

• bum calf
• bummer
• leppy (primarily in Spanish-speaking areas)

See also

• doggie

References

• WordNet 3.0, Princeton University

Anagrams

• Diego, diego, geoid