Usually means: Less favored competitor, likely resilience.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word underdog:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. underdog: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underdog: Merriam-Webster
  3. underdog: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underdog: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underdog: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underdog: Vocabulary.com
  7. Underdog, underdog: Wordnik
  8. underdog, the underdog: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. underdog: Wiktionary
  10. underdog: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. underdog: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. underdog: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. underdog: Dictionary.com
  14. underdog: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. underdog: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Underdog (Aaron Watson album), The Underdog (film), The Underdog (novel), The Underdog (song), Underdog (Alicia Keys song), Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album), Underdog (Audio Adrenaline album), Underdog (Banks song), Underdog (Kasabian song), Underdog (TV series), Underdog (advertising character), Underdog (competition), Underdog (disambiguation), Underdog (single), Underdog (term), Underdog: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. underdog: Rhymezone
  18. underdog: FreeDictionary.org
  19. underdog: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. underdog: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. underdog: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. UNDERDOG: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the underdog: Urban Dictionary

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Underdog: Dan's Poker
  2. Underdog: Backgammon
  3. Underdog: Gambling Glossary
  4. Underdog: Poker Terms

(Note: See underdogs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A competitor thought unlikely to win.
noun:  Somebody at a disadvantage.
noun:  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.

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