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dogship

English

Etymology 1

dog +? -ship

Noun

dogship (countable and uncountable, plural dogships)

  1. The character or individuality of a dog.

Etymology 2

dog +? ship

Noun

dogship (plural dogships)

  1. (aviation, informal) An experimental model of an aircraft.
    • 2005, Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee, Airplane Stability and Control (page 103)
      The Sperry Gyroscope Company's DC-3 “dogship” proved the concept in test flights at the Sperry plant in Long Island, New York.
    • 2011, Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy Komissarov, Flight Craft 8: Mikoyan MiG-31: Defender of the Homeland (page 16)
      After this, the Mikoyan OKB undertook a redesign of the fuel system; the changes were to be verified on the third production MiG-31, '201 Blue' (f/n 0102-01), a long-serving 'dogship'.

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dogwhip

English

Etymology

dog +? whip

Noun

dogwhip (plural dogwhips)

  1. A whip intended for use on dogs.
    • 1862, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, A Painter's Camp in the Highlands, and Thoughts about Art
      Here the speaker took a dogwhip from his pocket...
    • 1950, Wilhelm Stekel, Eden Paul, Technique of Analytical Psychotherapy
      On one occasion it tried to creep under her petticoat and lick her, so she thrashed it with the dogwhip.

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Verb

dogwhip (third-person singular simple present dogwhips, present participle dogwhipping, simple past and past participle dogwhipped)

  1. (transitive, rare) To beat with a dogwhip.
    • 2013, David Drake, S. M. Stirling, Hope Reborn
      The officers cursed and dogwhipped their way through to fall into a ragged line before Raj where he waited with the signallers and Battalion standard; the companies fell in to the shouted commands of their NCOs []

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