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dogfood

/ˈdɔɡ fuːd/
noun, verb★Intermediate💡 testing one's own product

“The team dogfoods the new app before the public launch.”

The team tests the new app internally before releasing it to users.

💻Technology
technical

To use one's own product or service for testing and improvement.

Our startup dogfoods its platform every week to catch bugs early.

Our startup tests its platform internally each week to find bugs early.

💡

Common in software development; often used as a verb.

informal

Food specifically formulated for dogs.

She bought premium dogfood for her Labrador.

She purchased high‑quality food for her Labrador.

💡

Literal meaning; ordinary noun.

Collocations

dogfood a producttest the product internallydogfood the systemuse the system for internal testing
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