Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager,
"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
- —v. (-pp-) 1 put or lower briefly into liquid etc.; immerse.
- a go below a surface or level. B (of income, activity, etc.) Decline slightly, esp. Briefly.
- slope or extend downwards (road dips).
- go under water and emerge quickly.
- (foll. By into) look cursorily into (a book, subject, etc.).
- a (foll. By into) put a hand, ladle, etc., into (a container) to take something out. B use part of (one's resources) (dipped into our savings).
- lower or be lowered, esp. In salute.
- lower the beam of (headlights) to reduce dazzle.
- colour (a fabric) by immersing it in dye. 10 wash (sheep) in disinfectant. —n. - dipping or being dipped.
- liquid for dipping.
DIS
prefix forming nouns, adjectives, and verbs implying: 1 negation or direct opposite (dishonest; discourteous).
- reversal (disengage; disorientate).
- removal of a thing or quality (dismember; disable).
- separation (distinguish).
- completeness or intensification (disgruntled).
- expulsion from (disbar). [french des- or latin dis-]
DIY
abbr. Do-it-yourself.
DNA
abbr. Deoxyribonucleic acid, esp. Carrying genetic information in chromosomes.
DOE
abbr. Department of the environment.
- n. (pl. Same or -s) female fallow deer, reindeer, hare, or rabbit. [old english]
DOG
days n.pl. Hottest period of the year.
- in the manger n. Person who stops others using a thing for which he or she has no use.
- —n. - four-legged flesh-eating animal akin to the fox and wolf, and of many breeds.
- male of this, or of the fox or wolf.
- colloq. A despicable person. B person of a specified kind (lucky dog).
- mechanical device for gripping.
- (in pl.; prec. By the) colloq. Greyhound-racing. —v. (-gg-) follow closely; pursue, track. go to the dogs slang deteriorate, be ruined. Like a dog's dinner colloq. Smartly or flashily (dressed etc.). Not a dog's chance no chance at all. [old english]
DOH
abbr. Department of health.
- n. (also do) mus. First note of a major scale. [italian do]
DOM
n. Title of some roman catholic dignitaries, and benedictine and carthusian monks. [latin dominus master]
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