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English
Etymology 1
From dog + nose.
Verb
dog-nose (third-person singular simple present dog-noses, present participle dog-nosing, simple past and past participle dog-nosed)
- To nose around like a dog, to sniff as if searching
- 1916 February 5, Anonymous, “Hort Flug Sez”, United States Tobacco Journal Volume 85, No.8, page 17:
- While Colonel John W. Sink, th’ eminent Grand Island cigar manufacturer, was out “dog-nosing” jack rabbits th’ other night, a glee club serenaded his home for two hours without response.
- 2017 March 17, Trent Michaels, “Nightwood by Djuna Barnes” (book review)
- They come without being called, dog-nosing the air as though they sense a hard surface upon which they can lean or dash their heads.
Etymology 2
Folk etymology of diagnose
Verb
dog-nose (third-person singular simple present dog-noses, present participle dog-nosing, simple past and past participle dog-nosed)
- To diagnose
1879, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, An Old Maid’s Paradise, Chatto and Windus, published 1885, page 29:And now here she was, wearing upon the delicate health of her hostess ; dependent upon the surgery of a more than rural doctor, who said he had dog-nosed the case ; and reduced entirely to her imagination and the daily mail (it seemed to make everything worse that it was brought five miles by a stage-coach) for any knowledge of her now sacred and absorbing interests at Fairharbor.
1899, Izora Cecilia Chandler, Elvira Hopkins of Tompkin’s Corner, Wilbur B. Ketchan, page 87:So I dog-nosed my case, as it were, and proved to her that it was something that couldn’t be reached by boneset tea.
Etymology 3
Adjective
dog-nose (not comparable)
- Related to a dog’s nose
2011, Toni Johnstone, Dogified: A Poodle's Memoir, Tate Publishing, page 121:He would smash his face into the doors at the end of his walks, trying to hasten their opening, and leave his little brown dog-nose smudges at his level.
2011, Amy Fernandez, Maltese, Kennel Club Books, page 72:Hang a bell from your doorknob at dog-nose height.
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