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hound::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hound dog |
| Type of | hunting dog |
| Has types | afghan hound, basset, basset hound, beagle, bloodhound, bluetick, boarhound, coonhound, deerhound, afghan, foxhound, gazelle hound, greyhound, harrier, ibizan hound, ibizan podenco, norwegian elkhound, otter hound, otterhound, elkhound, plott hound, redbone, saluki, scottish deerhound, sleuthhound, staghound, weimaraner, wolfhound |
Examples of hound
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Aguirre's critics call him a publicity hound, a conspiracy theorist and a bully.
From the signonsandiego.com
She studies every purchase with the zeal of her hound dogs sniffing out a trail.
From the time.com
On the lower right, the goddess's little lap dog protectively yelps at the hound.
From the online.wsj.com
The victory also is only the fifth at Westminster for a dog from the hound group.
From the cnn.com
I have a basset hound named Scooby, and I have questions about getting a new dog.
From the suntimes.com
If you study hard, hound you tutors for their time, then you can do great things.
From the guardian.co.uk
He's also a self-proclaimed gadget hound and just started practicing calligraphy.
From the tennessean.com
Josh believes that Palin is a harmless, if demagogic, publicity and fame hound.
From the theatlantic.com
But this week, Ryan held a press conference to hound Washington Democratic Sen.
From the dailyherald.com
- Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- Pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
- Cad: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
- A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. It can be contrasted with the gun dog, which assists hunters by identifying the location of prey, and with the retriever, which recovers shot quarry. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Hound is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. He is sometimes referred to as Autobot Hound for trademark purposes.
- This page deals with the H. P. Lovecraft short story. For the character from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, see Sandor Clegane
- The Hound is a short horror film directed by Anthony Penta, faithfully adapted from H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name. It was filmed in black and white. The film premiered at the 1998 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon.
- (Hounds (comics)) Hounds are the name given to several groups of mutant characters from Marvel Comics. This term usually refers to those who track or hunt down mutants while serving a higher authority.
- (The Hounds) The Hounds, west coast counterparts of New York's Bowery Boys, were a nativist or anti-foreigner gang of San Francisco which specifically targeted recently arrived immigrants, particularly Spanish Americans, during the California Gold Rush of 1849.
