dog shot
(AU, NZ, slang) A sudden blow, especially when delivered without warning; a king hit; (rugby) a deliberate and potentially illegal late tackle.
Definitions
#1·Apr 27, 2026
(AU, NZ, slang) A sudden blow, especially when delivered without warning; a king hit; (rugby) a deliberate and potentially illegal late tackle.
Sam Burgess was sensationally accused of a "dog shot" by Mitchell Pearce as the South Sydney and Newcastle top-four clash erupted into the Friday night fights.
Origin: Probably related to the slang term dog. Compare cheap shot. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Was this helpful?
Comments
#2·Apr 27, 2026
(ambitransitive, AU, NZ, slang) To deliver a dog shot to (someone); to hit (someone) suddenly and without warning; to king hit.
"There were four separate spot-fights going on, [another staff member] got dog-shotted and then another security guard from the Criterion came over to help us too."
Was this helpful?
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "dog shot".
Related vocabulary
See also
🗺️About Regional & Other slang
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "dog shot" (D)
dog's agedogsbodydog's breakfastdog's dinnerdog shitdogshitedog showdog soldierdogstagramdog-stonedog taxdog tent
Browse all slang words starting with D.