Word: DAG
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Definition of DAG
- A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground.
- A dangling lock of sheepโs wool matted with dung.
- To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation.
- To daggle or bemire.
- A skewer.
- A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire.
- A dagger; a poniard.
- To skewer food, for roasting over a fire
- To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags
- Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier.
- One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance.
- A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V, E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V.
- A misty shower; dew.
- To be misty; to drizzle.
- A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
"The dog barked all night long."
- Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
- A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
- Meat from a dog eaten as food.
"We visited South Korea this time around, where we ate dog meat for the first time."
- Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.
- An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.
"Did you just step on my blue suede shoes? You're dog meat now!"
Source: Definitions compiled dynamically via Free Dictionary API.
๐ Word Pattern Notes
This word follows conventional linguistic patterns for its length, though exact historical derivation is not available.
๐ฃ๏ธ Example Sentences
- โข "Linguists often study the historical evolution of "dag" in early literature."
- โข "In professional circles, using the word "dag" conveys a high level of precision."
๐ก Interesting Word Trivia & Facts
This word is a perfect "isogram" (or non-pattern word), meaning it contains no repeating letters. It is highly valued for rack flexibility!
๐ฏ Scrabble Board Placement & Usage Tips
Excellent for parallel plays! Slide this short word alongside existing board words to trigger multiple intersections in a single turn.
Dictionary Validity
| Dictionary Lexicon | Status | Base Value |
|---|---|---|
| TWL (US/Canada Scrabble) | โ Valid | 5 pts |
| SOWPODS (UK/International Scrabble) | โ Valid | 5 pts |
| ENABLE (Words With Friends Lexicon) | โ Valid | 6 pts |
Frequently Asked Questions
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- # the dag effect
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