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doghouse
[dog-hous, dog-]
noun
plural
doghousesa small shelter for a dog.
(on a yacht) a small cabin that presents a relatively high profile and gives the appearance of a box.
Rocketry Slang.a bulge on the surface of a rocket or missile, for scientific instruments.
doghouse
/ ˈɒɡˌʊ /
noun
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): kennel.a hutlike shelter for a dog
informaldisfavour (in the phrase in the doghouse )
Idioms and Phrases
in the doghouse, in disfavor or disgrace.
Example Sentences
After a year in Hollywood's doghouse, the industry broadly endorsed the reforms and stars returned to the event in 2023.
It is also important to ensure your outdoor doghouses have ventilation at all times, if not they can become a heat trap, Bernstein said.
Some companies will run ad campaigns on Truth Social to get out of the corporate doghouse.
Much like someone giving their dog a doghouse, I thought.
He landed in the Unruh doghouse — with the smallest office and the worst committee assignments.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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