Link Centre Dictionary

doggo

UK/ˈdɒɡəʊ/ US/ˈdɔɡoʊ/ uncommon informal

adverb

1.

quietly in concealment

  • “he lay doggo”
Synonyms

Origin

The noun is from dog + -o (colloquializing suffix), perhaps after the adverb. The adverb is probably of the same origin.

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.