It raises an eyebrow now or then, signaling a player's descent into a coach's doghouse, or a surprise injury.
We've tried scolding, spanking, and putting him in timeout in his doghouse nothing works.
Cox showed extremely well as a rookie outside corner, but off-field woes have landed him in the doghouse.
Neutrino's new raft was a scrappy, broken-down wreck of a doghouse on a bed of plywood.
He bought some dog food, a leather collar with spikes on it and a doghouse.
Here's a problem that could put the hosts in the doghouse.
The prognosis must be reviewed by all crew members and posted in a prominent location in the doghouse.
When one of the homeowners returned, he was amazed to find his home and even the doghouse untouched by the blaze.
Continuing aft is a low trunk cabin with a three-sided doghouse added to the aft-end.
The low trunk cabin is fitted with a three-sided doghouse on the aft end.
British Dictionary definitions for doghouse
doghouse
/ˈdɒɡˌhaʊs/
noun
1.
(US & Canadian) a hutlike shelter for a dog Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) kennel
2.
(informal) disfavour (in the phrase in the doghouse)
Word Origin and History for doghouse
n.
1610s, from dog (n.) + house (n.). Originally a kennel; the backyard type, for a single animal, is late 19c. Figurative sense of "disgrace" is from 1932.
Slang definitions & phrases for doghouse
doghouse
noun
Any small structure resembling in some way a dog's individual kennel: The boat has a doghouse over the main cabin
The bass viol: When the bull-fiddler plucks the strings he is slapping the doghouse(1920s+ Jazz musicians)