verb
- performing menial or tedious tasks; doing drudgework
Usage: informal; British English; present participle of 'dogsbody'
noun
- the act or practice of performing menial or tedious work
Usage: informal; British English; gerund form
Examples
- She spent her first year dogsbodying in the office, filing documents and answering phones.
- I'm tired of dogsbodying for the senior staff without any recognition.
- His job involves a lot of dogsbodying—mostly administrative tasks that no one else wants to do.
- The intern complained about dogsbodying instead of learning real skills.
- After years of dogsbodying, she finally got promoted to a management position.
- They assigned him dogsbodying duties as punishment for being late.