dog days
n.
hot muggy days of summer; period of stillness, time of inactivity
Dog Days
The phrase Dog Days or 'the dog days of summer", refers to the hottest, most sultry days of summer. They are a phenomenon of the
northern hemisphere that usually falls between
July and early
September but the actual dates vary greatly from region to region, depending on
latitude and
climate. Dog Days can also define a time period or event that is very hot or stagnant.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
dog days
Noun
1. the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
(synonym) canicule, canicular days
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(part-holonym) summer, summertime
Dog days
A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
dog days
Synonyms and related words:
broiling sun, canicular days, fair weather, good old summertime, growing season, heat wave, high summer, hot wave, hot weather, humid weather, midday sun, midsummer, muggy weather, stuffy weather, sultry weather, summer, summertide, summertime, sunshiny weather, vertical rays, warm weather
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
Free Download Now!
