Definition of DOGIE

dogie

Plural: dogies

Noun

  • A motherless calf, typically small and neglected.
  • motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
  • A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow.

Examples

  • He felt like a Scrabble dogie, lost and confused without a clear path to a high score.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown.
Possibly an abbreviation of dough-guts, the pot bellied appearance of a malnourished calf. Possibly the transliteration of the slang word dobie/dobe/doby, pejoratively meaning inferior. Since dogie and dobie in reference to an orphaned calf both appeared in print around the same time (1880-1888), it is possible that dogie is the original and dobie is the transliteration.

Synonyms

dogy, leppy, bum calf, bummer

Scrabble Score: 7

dogie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dogie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dogie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

dogie: valid Words With Friends Word