How to pronounce dog-ear
American English pronunciation
DAWG-eer
- IPA
- /ˈdɔɡˌɪɹ/
- Syllables
- DAWG · eer (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- DAHG-eer
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What dog-ear means
To fold down a page's corner to mark your place
In a sentence: Please don't dog-ear the library book; use a bookmark instead.
Where it comes from: A folded page corner looks like a dog's floppy ear. It first came from dog's-ear.
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