dog-eared
- Adjective. (context, of a page) To be bent or slightly ragged in appearance in a manner like the ear of certain dogs. It implies that the page has been read a lot, but could be a sign of mistreatment:.
- Adjective. (context, of a page) To be folded in a manner like the ear of certain dogs. It implies the page was purposely folded to mark the page:.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.