Meaning & use
dogie
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Meaning
nouncountableAmericanregional
A calf without a mother, or one that has strayed from the herd, especially on a Western ranch.
Grammar: Countable: use 'a dogie' or 'dogies' for more than one.
Patterns
- a motherless dogie
- a stray dogie
The cowboys rounded up a dogie that had wandered away from the herd.
A dogie needs to be fed by hand if its mother has died.
In the song, the dogie is told to stop crying and go to sleep.
Word forms
| plural | dogies |
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Common combinations
- orphan dogie
- The orphan dogie was bottle-fed by the rancher's daughter.
- dogie calf
- A dogie calf often follows the cowboys around camp.
- bawling dogie
- We could hear the bawling dogie from across the pasture.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: dogie or doggie? dogie or dodge?
dogie vs doggie
Doggie (or doggy) is a childish word for a dog; dogie is a calf. They sound similar but have completely different meanings.
dogie vs dodge
Dodge is a verb meaning to avoid something; dogie is a noun for a calf.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'dogie' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A dogie is a motherless or stray calf, so sentence B fits. 'Doggie' (a child's word for a dog) would fit An and D, and 'dodge' (a verb) would fit C.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “dogie”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.