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Meaning of "dogsbody" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOGSBODY

dogsbody  [ˈdɒɡzˌbɒdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOGSBODY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dogsbody is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dogsbody in English.

WHAT DOES DOGSBODY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dogsbody

A dogsbody, or less commonly dog robber in the Royal Navy, is a junior officer, or more generally someone who does drudge work. A rough American equivalent would be a "gofer," a "grunt" or a "lackey"...

Definition of dogsbody in the English dictionary

The definition of dogsbody in the dictionary is a person who carries out menial tasks for others; drudge. Other definition of dogsbody is to act as a dogsbody.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DOGSBODY

PRESENT

Present
I dogsbody
you dogsbody
he/she/it dogsbodies
we dogsbody
you dogsbody
they dogsbody
Present continuous
I am dogsbodying
you are dogsbodying
he/she/it is dogsbodying
we are dogsbodying
you are dogsbodying
they are dogsbodying
Present perfect
I have dogsbodied
you have dogsbodied
he/she/it has dogsbodied
we have dogsbodied
you have dogsbodied
they have dogsbodied
Present perfect continuous
I have been dogsbodying
you have been dogsbodying
he/she/it has been dogsbodying
we have been dogsbodying
you have been dogsbodying
they have been dogsbodying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dogsbodied
you dogsbodied
he/she/it dogsbodied
we dogsbodied
you dogsbodied
they dogsbodied
Past continuous
I was dogsbodying
you were dogsbodying
he/she/it was dogsbodying
we were dogsbodying
you were dogsbodying
they were dogsbodying
Past perfect
I had dogsbodied
you had dogsbodied
he/she/it had dogsbodied
we had dogsbodied
you had dogsbodied
they had dogsbodied
Past perfect continuous
I had been dogsbodying
you had been dogsbodying
he/she/it had been dogsbodying
we had been dogsbodying
you had been dogsbodying
they had been dogsbodying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dogsbody
you will dogsbody
he/she/it will dogsbody
we will dogsbody
you will dogsbody
they will dogsbody
Future continuous
I will be dogsbodying
you will be dogsbodying
he/she/it will be dogsbodying
we will be dogsbodying
you will be dogsbodying
they will be dogsbodying
Future perfect
I will have dogsbodied
you will have dogsbodied
he/she/it will have dogsbodied
we will have dogsbodied
you will have dogsbodied
they will have dogsbodied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dogsbodying
you will have been dogsbodying
he/she/it will have been dogsbodying
we will have been dogsbodying
you will have been dogsbodying
they will have been dogsbodying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dogsbody
you would dogsbody
he/she/it would dogsbody
we would dogsbody
you would dogsbody
they would dogsbody
Conditional continuous
I would be dogsbodying
you would be dogsbodying
he/she/it would be dogsbodying
we would be dogsbodying
you would be dogsbodying
they would be dogsbodying
Conditional perfect
I would have dogsbody
you would have dogsbody
he/she/it would have dogsbody
we would have dogsbody
you would have dogsbody
they would have dogsbody
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dogsbodying
you would have been dogsbodying
he/she/it would have been dogsbodying
we would have been dogsbodying
you would have been dogsbodying
they would have been dogsbodying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dogsbody
we let´s dogsbody
you dogsbody
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dogsbody
Past participle
dogsbodied
Present Participle
dogsbodying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOGSBODY


afterbody
ˈɑːftəˌbɒdɪ
alloantibody
ˈæləʊˌæntɪˌbɒdɪ
antibody
ˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ
anybody
ˈɛnɪˌbɒdɪ
autoantibody
ˌɔːtəʊˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ
blackbody
ˈblækˌbɒdɪ
body
ˈbɒdɪ
busybody
ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪ
coembody
ˌkəʊɪmˈbɒdɪ
disembody
ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪ
embody
ɪmˈbɒdɪ
everybody
ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdɪ
forebody
ˈfɔːˌbɒdɪ
homebody
ˈhəʊmˌbɒdɪ
isoantibody
ˌaɪsəʊˈæntɪˌbɒdɪ
Peabody
ˈpiːˌbɒdɪ
rebody
riːˈbɒdɪ
reembody
ˌriːɪmˈbɒdɪ
underbody
ˈʌndəˌbɒdɪ
unibody
ˈjuːnɪˌbɒdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOGSBODY

dognaping
dognapped
dognapper
dognapping
dogrel
Dogrib
dogrobber
dogs
dogsbodied
dogsbodies
dogship
dogshores
dogshow
dogskin
dogsled
dogsledder
dogsledge
dogsleep
dogteeth
dogtooth

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOGSBODY

all-metal body
black body
celestial body
ciliary body
fat body
foreign body
governing body
grey body
heavenly body
inclusion body
lifting body
monoclonal antibody
nobody
parent body
review body
ruling body
somebody
statutory body
upper body
wide-body

Synonyms and antonyms of dogsbody in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOGSBODY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dogsbody» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dogsbody

Translation of «dogsbody» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOGSBODY

Find out the translation of dogsbody to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dogsbody from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dogsbody» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

勤杂工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dogsbody
570 millions of speakers

English

dogsbody
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेहनती मनुष्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dogsbody
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

работяга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dogsbody
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dogsbody
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bon à tout faire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dogsbody
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mädchen für alles
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雑用係として働く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dogsbody
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dogsbody
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thân chó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dogsbody
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुत्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

köle gibi çalıştırılan kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dogsbody
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dogsbody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

роботяга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dogsbody
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dogsbody
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dogsbody
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dogsbody
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dogsbody
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dogsbody

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOGSBODY»

The term «dogsbody» is regularly used and occupies the 100.057 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOGSBODY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dogsbody» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dogsbody» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dogsbody

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOGSBODY»

Discover the use of dogsbody in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dogsbody and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dogsbody
Even if it means destroying Earth itself. This funny, heartbreaking, stunning book features an introduction by Neil Gaiman, an avid fan of Diana Wynne Jones.
Diana Wynne Jones, 2012
2
Dogsbody, Inc.
Detective Zachariah Smith must find the person who shot him and Dr. Irene Sandhoff, outside the doctor's office during a rally against her
L. L. Thrasher, 1999
3
Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's ...
36. Diana Wynne Jones, A Sudden Wild Magic (London: Gollancz, 2003), 301. 37. Diana Wynne Jones, Dogsbody (London: HarperCollins, 2000), 63-64. 38. Jones, Dogsbody, 193. 39. Jones, Dogsbody, 228. 40. Jones, Dogsbody, 230. 41 .
Charles Butler, 2006
4
Swimming with Sins
Lindsay Price. GEOFFREY: This is insane! I can't go to hell. I give to charity. I have the tax receipts. This has got to be a joke. TANIS: 'Fraid not. GEOFFREY: Then what did I do? What did I do to deserve this? DOGSBODY: Let's see......( looking ...
Lindsay Price, 2008
5
Dreams of Steam
Marcus went to the dogsbody on the left and pressed one of the buttons on its chest. This, of course, is the usual method for triggering a preset behavior. The dogsbody lifted its arms and Marcus handed it a covered basket that smelled of ...
Kimberly Richardson,Editor
6
Dogsbody and Other Strange Tales
Do cats really rule the earth? Suppose, at the Battle of Hastings, that arrow had missed King Harold? These and other burning questions are answered in this collection of fantastical, funny and some downright silly stories.
Moya Green, 2013
7
Dogsbody
When Mrs Hill turns up at the Cunningham's kennels she is very upset, for her house has been burned down and her dog has been killed.
Gerald Hammond, 2002
8
The Machine of the World
While King and Queen Ubu bickered and executed every pratfall they could manage, Dogsbody managed to locate the mushroom, but was so hungry from their travels that he decided to eat it (for safe keeping, a she explained to King Ubu ...
‎2008
9
Ulysses
Ah, poor dogsbody! Here lies poor dogsbody's body. —Tatters! Out of that, you mongrel! The cry brought him skulking back to his master and a blunt bootless kick sent him unscathed across a spit of sand, crouched in flight. He slunk back in a ...
James Joyce, 1924
10
Crump
He'd also accepted that he'd have to be as flexible as possible and take any classes he was asked to take – or in other words be a bit of a dogsbody – but it was an opportunity that he just couldn't miss and a great first step on the journey of his ...
P.J. Vanston, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOGSBODY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dogsbody is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trash and burn: the new wave of appalling auteurs
Respect then to Anthony C Ferrante, the Hollywood dogsbody who made the film that became a sensation that became a financial simile, all for ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Make the tea Fidoe, you're the office dogsbody for the day
Make the tea Fidoe, you're the office dogsbody for the day. Mike Pryce / / Business News. Share. 0 comments. THE Evesham head office of rural supplies ... «Worcester News, Jul 15»
3
'It's not like Argo': the trials of a tour guide in Iran
Ali-Reza, on the other hand, did not conceal his unhappiness at being a dogsbody. He had benefitted from the home-building subsidies that ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Gardaí shut down Facebook page as tensions rise over biker murder
The Prospect is like a slave, or someone who does all the dogsbody work. The members will then eventually vote on whether you become a full ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
5
Pampered pooches: Doggie daycare industry booming on the …
Dogsbody and Friends owner and former policeman Chris Stevenson said there is a big demand for dog-sitting services on the Coast. “As more ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
6
Blackadder The Third review: Despite some first night nerves …
The show is made up of three episodes back-to-back, following the exploits of anti-hero Edmund Blackadder, slow-witted dogsbody Baldrick ... «WalesOnline, Jun 15»
7
The future is going to be child's play for Donaghadee
... the debut of 18-year-old Brian McLawrence, who today is club secretary, groundsman and "chief dogsbody" and is still playing for the 2nd XI. «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
8
Overworked and underpaid. The plight of the eternal intern
... Selfridge intern Emily Wong claimed she completed a month of 'dogsbody work' but received only travel expenses plus £2.50 a day for lunch. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
What does it feel like to create a human life
... but worked voluntarily at weekends for a year at the lab in Ninewells hospital in Dundee, cleaning dishes and being a general dogsbody. «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
10
Rory Girvan was depressed and anxious ... then he lifted a weight off …
"The job was sold to me as a high flying career but really it was just being a dogsbody, making telephone calls sitting in an office from 9-5. «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»

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