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# doggie

«doggie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A child's word for a dog, especially a small or cute one** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a doggie, doggies); also spelled doggy

### meaning for a pupil

1) A child's word for a dog, especially a small or cute one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#m1)

2) doggy bag: a bag for taking home food you did not finish at a restaurant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#m2)

3) doggy paddle (or doggie paddle): a simple way of swimming, paddling with your hands like a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in baby talk, picture books and family talk; in swimming lessons doggy paddle is the first stroke many children learn; phrases: «nice doggie», «doggy bag», «doggy paddle».

### examples

- Look at the little doggie in the window! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x1)
- The toddler pointed and said, «Doggie!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x2)
- We asked for a doggy bag for the leftover pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x3)
- I can only swim doggy paddle so far. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x4)
- The doggie wagged its tail at us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x5)
- My baby cousin hugged her toy doggie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x6)
- Don't pat a doggie without asking the owner first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x7)
- Good little dog--nice little doggie, then! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/#x8)

### note

Childish or cute word; for older pupils just «dog». Spelled doggie or doggy; plural doggies. Safety: always ask before touching someone's dog.

### In the corpora

- ["tsutsyk" means puppy or doggie and is a loving word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/21-bruises-hand-washing-cats-dogs-ponies/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doggie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.