verb
- to fold down the corner of a page in a book or document
- to mark or damage by folding corners
Usage: common; informal
Usage: common
noun
- a folded corner of a page, typically used as a bookmark
Usage: common
Examples
- She dogeared the page to mark her place in the novel.
- Please don't dogear the library books—use a bookmark instead.
- The old textbook had dogears on nearly every chapter.
- He dogeared the corner of the recipe card so he could find it again.
- The worn paperback showed dogears throughout from repeated reading.
- I made a dogear on the page with the important information.