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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
underdog
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And the underdogs fully deserved their win over the Galway men.
▪ As the underdog here, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
▪ But the vice-president is now the underdog in this race.
▪ Did they make fun of him for speaking up for the underdog in school?
▪ Pepsi has responded to this multi-pronged assault by playing the underdog card.
▪ They like to believe they are underdogs.
▪ Whether his party is a double winner ... or remains the underdog ... is in the hands of the voters.
▪ Yes, they are the underdog.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
underdog

"the beaten dog in a fight," 1887, from under + dog (n.). Compare top dog "dominant person in a situation or hierarchy" (see top (adj.)).\n\nI'm a poor underdog\n
But tonight I will bark\n
With the great Overdog\n
That romps through the dark.\n
\n

[from "Canis Major," Robert Frost, 1928]

Wiktionary
underdog

n. 1 A competitor thought unlikely to win. 2 Somebody at a disadvantage. 3 A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

WordNet
underdog

n. one at a disadvantage and expected to lose

Wikipedia
Underdog (TV series)

Underdog is an American animated television series that debuted October 3, 1964, on the NBC network under the primary sponsorship of General Mills and continued in syndication until 1973 (although production of new episodes ceased in 1967), for a run of 124 episodes.

Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!" His voice was supplied by Wally Cox.

Underdog (term)

An "underdog" is a person or group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. The party, team, or individual expected to win is called the favorite or top dog. In the case where an underdog wins, the outcome is an upset. An "underdog bet" is a bet on the underdog or outsider for which the odds are generally higher.

The first recorded uses of the term occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century; its first meaning was "the beaten dog in a fight".

Underdog (film)

Underdog is a 2007 American superhero comedy film based on the 1960s cartoon series of the same name. Directed by Frederik Du Chau and written by Joe Piscatella, Adam Rifkin, and Craig A. Williams, the film stars Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, and Patrick Warburton with the voice talents of Jason Lee, Amy Adams, and Brad Garrett. The film was loosely based on the super-powered cartoon character of the same name and several other characters from the cartoon. Produced by Spyglass Entertainment and Classic Media, the film was released theatrically in the United States by Walt Disney Pictures. Unlike the TV series, the Underdog character is portrayed as a regular dog rather than an anthropomorphic one. Underdog, voiced by Jason Lee, was played by a lemon beagle named Leo sporting a red sweater and a blue cape. The film grossed $65.3 million worldwide.

Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album)

Underdog is an album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1979 by Polydor Records. It is their first album with the drummer Roy Yeager since the former drummer Robert Nix left the band near the end of 1978. The album reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1979. The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Do it or Die" and " Spooky". The latter was a re-recording of the 1968 number three hit for Classics IV, a pop rock group whose line up included members who later joined Atlanta Rhythm Section.

Underdog (Kasabian song)

"Underdog" is the third single released from the album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by English band Kasabian. It only peaked at #32 in the UK Singles Chart on the week after the album's release. Despite this it became a widely popular song.

Underdog (You Me at Six song)

"Underdog" is the second single by UK rock band You Me At Six written by Sam Moss, to be released from their second album: Hold Me Down. "Underdog" was released on 8 February 2010 and charted at a peak of #49 on the UK Singles Chart, marking the band's sixth most successful single to date. The single was added to BBC Radio 1's A Playlist during January 2010.

Underdog

Underdog may refer to:

  • Underdog (term), a participant in a fight, conflict, or game who is not expected to win
Underdog (advertising character)

Underdog is a character developed by The Gate London advertising agency and animated by Aardman Animations. The character is featured in advertisements for the personal injury claims company, National Accident Helpline, a UK-based provider of personal injury services.

Underdog (Ida song)

"Underdog" is a single by Danish singer Ida. It was released as a Digital download in Denmark on 18 March 2013. The song has peaked to number 8 on the Danish Singles Chart. The song is included on her debut studio album Seize the Day (2013).

Underdog (Audio Adrenaline album)

Underdog is the fifth full-length album released by Audio Adrenaline. The album's lyrics are a slight departure from Some Kind of Zombie, as they focus more on missions and the word of God being spread, as shown in "Hands and Feet" and "Jesus Movement"; a theme that would reappear in Worldwide. Other songs, such as "Get Down" and "Good Life", reflect on God's influence in a Christian life.

The album also contains a more upbeat rerecording of "DC-10" (which had originally appeared on the band's debut album), a cover of " Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend, and a recording of " It Is Well With My Soul", the only recording of a traditional worship song on any of the band's albums.

Underdog (novel)

Underdog is a 2001 novel by Swedish author Torbjörn Flygt. It won the August Prize in 2001.

Underdog (Brutto album)

Underdog is the first studio album by the Belarusian rock band Brutto, released on September 12, 2014.

Usage examples of "underdog".

Israel went from underdog to overdog, however, the mood of the European media shifted.

If I was in a situation where I was the underdog, I became the overdog as soon as possible.

The popular insurgent, then, although the underdog, may hold an edge both by retaining the initiative of attack and by virtue of a kind of defense that can be mimicked, but not reproduced, by a counterinsurgent state.

Maybe you should have tried a little harder to get me to take notice of Johansson instead of playing the romantic underdog.

Oh, he had Microsoft Explorer, too -- it had come preinstalled on his Pentium IV -- but Darren always favored the underdog.

The gypsies are getting some good odds, too, because they are apparently favoring underdogs.

Smug satisfaction that the kicker of underdogs had himself bitten the dust.

I heard you were up in Shreveport defending the underdogs of the world.

Shelby has any vices at all, unless you consider being the champion to underdogs a vice.

In that way he would give the underdogs, who might not say a word, some satisfaction.

The other, more complex, problem had to do with my natural out-front bias in favor of the McGovern candidacy -- which was not a problem at first, when George was such a hopeless underdog that his staffers saw no harm in talking frankly with any journalist who seemed friendly and interested -- but when he miraculously emerged as the front-runner I found myself in a very uncomfortable position.

Home and in my room that night, I write in my fresh new graduation autograph album, under YOUR FAVORITE MOTTO, Don't Step on the Underdog.

Applying the same work ethic, passion, and intensity that allowed him to excel on the playing field, Ennis quickly rose through the ranks of the blue-collar city's politicians, never afraid to speak his mind, always looking to go out on a limb to help the underdog.

Sumaya's testimony is bad, but has Torrez forgotten that young people usually vote for the underdog?