kicked dog

Someone who endures abuse from others but always retreats back to their abusers because it is what they’re call home.

Be nice to him/her, for all we know they could have been treated like a kicked dog all their life

by that’s life February 04, 2018

Kick dog

A small annoying dog that nips at your feet or is bothersome until you kick it away

Look at that little kick dog

by Bakert6734 July 28, 2013

drop-kick dog

little white extremely fuzzy dog with a little voice that cuts through your head like a half-broken bandsaw that I'd kick without picking up

There she is walking her drop-kick dog on my lawn again.

by RaisinMuffin June 15, 2007

kicking the dog

When someone in power over you forces something upon you, and you in turn force something on someone under you. like when parents punish you, then you turn around and beat on your little brother.

Sammy beat up timmy because his parents took away the xBox. he's just kicking the dog

by Anti December 31, 2004

kicked the dog

A way of showing your frustration

18:09 cyren : work sucked i went home and kicked the dog

by v0id-MP January 04, 2011

kick the dog

To endanger a relationship through thougtless or insensitive behaviour. Usually used in the past tense, after the relationship has in fact ended due to said behaviour.

If I forget the missus's birthday I will really kick the dog.
I can't believe I forgot the missus's birthday. I really kicked the dog this time.

by JJJJ April 24, 2006

kick the dog

The phrase describes the process of resetting the watchdog timer of a CPU. This part of the hardware ensures that the device doesn't get stuck in an infinite loop. If the dog doesn't get kicked from time to time, the CPU resets.

John: Hey Buddy, let's kick the dog!
George: I normally don't abuse animals
John: No, I just want to reset the watchdog timer

by Graf Zahl November 05, 2013