dog vs eristic

dog

noun
  • Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible. 

  • A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this. 

  • A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen. 

  • The meat of this animal, eaten as food 

  • A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office. 

  • A man, guy, chap. 

  • The eighteenth Lenormand card. 

  • One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses. 

  • Something that performs poorly. 

  • Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid. 

  • A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action. 

  • A sexually aggressive man. 

  • Underdog. 

  • Foot. 

  • The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding. 

  • A dull, unattractive girl or woman. 

  • A metal support for logs in a fireplace. 

  • (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone. 

  • Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection. 

adj
  • Of inferior quality; dogshit. 

verb
  • To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished. 

  • To criticize. 

  • To pursue with the intent to catch. 

  • To divide (a watch) with a comrade. 

  • To fasten a hatch securely. 

  • To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place. 

  • To follow in an annoying or harassing way. 

eristic

noun
  • One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious. 

  • A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest. 

adj
  • Provoking strife, controversy or discord. 

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