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dog-tired

[ dawg-tahyuh rd, dog- ]

/ ˈdɔgˈtaɪərd, ˈdɒg- /

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adjective

utterly exhausted; worn out.

Origin of dog-tired

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby dog-tired

dog-legged, dog-paddle, dog-poor, dog-roll, dog-sitter, dog-tired, dog-walker, dog-whistle, dogbane, dogbane family, dogberry

Example sentences from the Web for dog-tired

Rather, Obama sounded like a dog-tired idealist forced to grapple painfully with hard reality.

Exclusive: President Obama Asks Campaign Donors to Send Him More Money |Lloyd Grove |June 30, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried.

Dracula |Bram Stoker
If Billy had not been so dog-tired last night, he would have sat up and made John tell him everything from beginning to end.

Philosophy 4 |Owen Wister
The men were dog-tired, my guide was not certain of the road, though he never missed it, and I had never realised the distance.

A Company of Tanks |W. H. L. Watson

So saying, she gathered up her gloves and parasol, and swept up-stairs declaring that she was too dog-tired to talk.

The Testing of Diana Mallory |Mrs. Humphry Ward
We are too dirty and dog-tired when we tumble down, and have too little time to sleep it off.

On the Track |Henry Lawson

British Dictionary definitions for dog-tired

dog-tired

adjective

(usually postpositive) informal exhausted