| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Black dog | Black dog is a chiefly British slang phrase associated with Winston Churchill although its origins are obscure; it means clinical depression or simply depression. The phrase was used to name the Black Dog Institute in 2002, an Australian educational, research and clinical facility dealing with mood disorders, including depression. (references) | ||
| Black Dog (film) | A 1998 movie about an ex-convict truck driver played by Patrick Swayze, pursued by singers turned actors Randy Travis and Meat Loaf, the latter having set him up. This movie features abundant trucker lingo, although having been released in 1998, no trucker hats are shown. (references) | ||
| Black Dog (song) | Black Dog is a song by British rock band Led Zeppelin, which was released as the lead-off track of their untitled fourth album in 1971. It was released as a single in the US and Australia with Misty Mountain Hop on the B-side, and reached #15 on Billboard and #11 in Australia. (references) | ||
| The Black Dog | The Black Dog was originally a restaurant and tavern, with an eponymous Black Dog, in Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It became well known for its souvenir t-shirts and expanded to sell other products with its Black Dog logo in a number of enterprises. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| A black dog | MultiLingual Slang | Hungarian (fekete kutya). (references) | |
| Black Dog | Literature | 1: A fiend still dreaded in many country places. (See Dog.) 2: . Base silver coin in the reign of Anne. Made of pewter double washed. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: BLACK DOG | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Black dog | 90 | Berry Castle, Black Dog | 3 | |
| Black Dog (song) | 33 | Big Black Dog | 12 | |
| Black dog (ghost) | 19 | Black dog | 90 | |
| Black Dog (film) | 18 | Black Dog (film) | 18 | |
| Big Black Dog | 12 | Black dog (ghost) | 19 | |
| Black Dog Productions | 5 | Black Dog (song) | 33 | |
| Black Dog Publishing | 5 | Black Dog Game Studio | 4 | |
| Black Dog Game Studio | 4 | Black Dog Halt railway station | 2 | |
| Journeys with the Black Dog | 3 | Black Dog Productions | 5 | |
| The Black Dog | 3 | Black Dog Publishing | 5 | |
| Berry Castle, Black Dog | 3 | Journeys with the Black Dog | 3 | |
| Black Dog Halt railway station | 2 | The Black Dog | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
