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adjective
- 1. extremely tired; worn out: "he'd gone to bed dog-tired"
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I was so dog-tired that I slept like a log, wrapped up in my fur coat. I'm dog-tired and my left leg's got a cramp in it and I'm weak with hunger. I'm hungry, and I was dog-tired when I landed here.
The meaning of DOG-TIRED is very tired : exhausted. How to use dog-tired in a sentence.
If you say that you are dog-tired, you are emphasizing that you are extremely tired.
adjective. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. “he went to bed dog-tired ”. synonyms: exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn out, worn-out. tired. depleted of strength or energy.
Definition of dog-tired adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dog-tired definition: utterly exhausted; worn out.. See examples of DOG-TIRED used in a sentence.
Dog tired is an old English phrase usually hyphenated to dog-tired. An adjectival phrase meaning to be physically exhausted, it derives from an old tale of Alfred the Great who used to send his sons out with his extensive kennels of hunting dogs.
Define dog-tired. dog-tired synonyms, dog-tired pronunciation, dog-tired translation, English dictionary definition of dog-tired. adj. Extremely tired. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOG–TIRED. [more dog–tired; most dog–tired] informal. : very tired : exhausted. I was dog-tired and ready for bed. DOG–TIRED meaning: very tired exhausted.
The earliest known use of the adjective dog-tired is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for dog-tired is from 1770, in the writing of Charles Burney, musician and author. dog-tired is formed within English, by compounding.
