HOW TO PRONOUNCE
doge
/doʊd͡ʒ/
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What does doge mean?
noun
- (humorous) Deliberate misspelling of doggy.
- (humorous) Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme.
verb
- Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
More meanings (6)
noun
- (informal) Clipping of Dogecoin (“a unit of the cryptocurrency”).
- (historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of doge (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”).
verb
- To fire, scale back or remove in an attempt to improve efficiency.
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of DOGE.
- Acronym of Department of Government Efficiency.
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IPA pronunciation
/doʊd͡ʒ/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/doʊʒ//ˈdoʊ.d͡ʒeɪ//doʊɡ//ˈdɑɡ.i//ˈdoʊ.ɡi/
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See this word in context.
He was now sent with despatches to Mr. Drake, at Genoa, and had his first interview with the Doge.
We naturally expect more splendour in the court of a king, than in the mansion-house of a doge or burgo-master.
More book examples (3)
Then the next day, as early as possible, the fisherman went to the Doge and told his marvellous tale and showed the saint's ring.
He demanded that they should send their Doge, or chief magistrate, accompanied by four of their senators, to FRANCE, to ask his pardon and receive his terms.
Old records tell us that one of the kings of Navarre was delivered in this way, and we also have records of the birth of the celebrated Doge, Andreas Doria, by this method.