Word info

alpha dog

Speech parts

1. alpha dog - Noun

2. alpha dog - Verb

Meaning

alpha dog (plural alpha dogs)

(often figuratively) A dominant dog; a dog that is an alpha male or alpha female.

alpha dog (third-person singular simple present alpha dogs, present participle alpha dogging, simple past and past participle alpha dogged)

Alternative form of alpha-dog.

alpha-dog (third-person singular simple present alpha-dogs, present participle alpha-dogging, simple past and past participle alpha-dogged)

(informal, chiefly US) To behave like an alpha dog; to behave in a crassly dominant manner, especially at the expense of another male.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

alpha-dog

Examples

Alpha Dog was my first exposure to him and I’ve admired his intensity ever since. Source: Internet

She has also appeared in such movies as the crime drama Alpha Dog (2006), the drama Bobby (2006), a biographical drama film about a porn actress, Lovelace (2013), and, most recently, the ensemble film Mothers and Daughters (2016). Source: Internet

Market-rate housing developers are like an unruly Alpha dog. Source: Internet

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