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- 1. a thing that bends sharply, in particular a sharp bend in a road or route: "they took us through a dog-leg cave"
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The meaning of DOGLEG is crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg. How to use dogleg in a sentence. ... crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg… See the full definition ...
DOGLEG definition: 1. a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a golf course: 2. (of a route) bending sharply…. Learn more.
3 meanings: 1. a. a sharp bend or angle b. something with a sharp bend 2. to go off at an angle 3. of or with the shape of a.... Click for more definitions.
DOGLEG meaning: 1. a sharp bend, especially in a road or on a golf course: 2. (of a route) bending sharply…. Learn more.
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The noun is derived from dog + leg, referring to the shape of the hind leg of a dog. The verbis derived from the noun.
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒɡlɛɡ/(General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡˌlɛɡ/Hyphenation: dog‧legdogleg (plural doglegs) 1. (also attributively) Something (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it. 1.1. (architecture) A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards. 1.2. (golf, disc golf) A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole. 2. (US, also attrib...
dogleg (third-person singular simple present doglegs, present participle doglegging, simple past and past participle doglegged) 1. (intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back sharply to the original direction. 1.1. 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: New Yorker Magazine Inc., →ISSN...
dog-leg (stairs) on Wikipedia.Wikipediadogleg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.WikipediaDog-leg synonyms, Dog-leg pronunciation, Dog-leg translation, English dictionary definition of Dog-leg. n. 1. a. Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.
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Definition of dog-leg noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.