Dog vs. Wolf

Dognoun

A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

Dognoun

A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).

Dognoun

A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

Dognoun

(slang) A man (derived from definition 2).

Dognoun

A coward.

Dognoun

(derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.

Dognoun

(slang) A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

Dognoun

Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

Dognoun

A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)

Dognoun

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

Dognoun

(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.

Dognoun

A hot dog.

Dognoun

Underdog.

Dognoun

Foot.

Dognoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

Dognoun

One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

Dogverb

(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.

Dogverb

(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

Dogverb

To fasten a hatch securely.

Dogverb

To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

Dogverb

To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

Dognoun

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).

Dognoun

A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

Dognoun

A fellow; - used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.

Dognoun

One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

Dognoun

An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

Dognoun

A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.

Dognoun

an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman.

Dognoun

a hot dog.

Dogverb

To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.

Dognoun

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds;

Dognoun

a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;

Dognoun

informal term for a man;

Dognoun

someone who is morally reprehensible;

Dognoun

a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

Dognoun

a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

Dognoun

metal supports for logs in a fireplace;

Dogverb

go after with the intent to catch;

Dog

The domestic dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. The dog derived from an ancient, extinct wolf, and the modern grey wolf is the dog's nearest living relative.

Wolfnoun

The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.

Wolfnoun

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

Wolfnoun

(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.

Wolfnoun

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

Wolfnoun

(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

Wolfnoun

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

Wolfnoun

(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.

Wolfnoun

A willying machine.

Wolfverb

(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

Wolfverb

To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

Wolfverb

(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

Wolfnoun

Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

Wolfnoun

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

Wolfnoun

Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

Wolfnoun

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

Wolfnoun

An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.

Wolfnoun

The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

Wolfnoun

A willying machine.

Wolfnoun

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Wolfnoun

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

Wolfnoun

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

Wolfnoun

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

Wolfnoun

a cruelly rapacious person

Wolfverb

eat hastily;

Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, and gray wolves, as colloquially understood, comprise non-domestic/feral subspecies.