Dogs

¹

/ dɒɡz /

noun

1. Isle of Dogs
   a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years

dogs

²

/ dɒɡz /

plural noun

1. the dogs informal.
   greyhound racing
2. slang.
   the feet
3. informal.
   marketing goods with a low market share, which are unlikely to yield substantial profits
4. go to the dogs informal.
   to go to ruin physically or morally
5. let sleeping dogs lie
   to leave things undisturbed
6. throw someone to the dogs
   to abandon someone to criticism or attack

Example Sentences

A normal wake-up for me is 7 a.m. because we have four dogs who will not let me sleep past 7.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s not even my daughter, it’s our stupid dogs.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s not that I’m going to sleep, I want to get in bed with my dogs and watch my bad TV.

From Los Angeles Times

The force said the dog had since been put down under the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991.

From BBC

Meanwhile, as the Republicans are talking about eating cats and dogs, the Democrats are eating their own.

From Salon