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Dog

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1905, OED Evaluation: Originally and chiefly U.S.

With it. To act lazily or half-heartedly; to slack, idle; (also) to hold back through fear or unwillingness to take a risk.

ExampleMeaning
So if we 're sitting there watching some T-V, he 'd be like, "Stop dog-fucking. Do some work!" He uses that term like if you 're not doing anything and you 're just like shooting the shit but then yeah he 'll bother us all the time.
To act lazily or half-heartedly; to slack, idle.
Speaker: Lorene Jackov, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 18, Interview: 2003, Toronto
ExampleMeaning
And boy did I see the biggest moose. By then I was dogging.
To act lazily or half-heartedly; to slack, idle.
Speaker: Bob Mastersen, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 50, Interview: 2011, Temiskaming Shores
ExampleMeaning
You pay me, I will give you everything I have. I will not dog. Ah, ah, I- I have no use for people that come to work to find a way
To act lazily or half-heartedly; to slack, idle.
Speaker: Luke Cook, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 66, Interview: 2011, Timmins
ExampleMeaning
I get cold quick and, ah, so the last couple years- three years I hunted with them, I dogged, because you kept moving all the time
To act lazily or half-heartedly; to slack, idle.
Speaker: David Cater, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 61, Interview: 2012, Haliburton
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