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2
: a mean or despicable person
3
: dogfish
4
: a person who pursues like a hound
especially
: one who avidly seeks or collects something
autograph hounds
hounded; hounding; hounds
1
: to pursue with or as if with hounds
2
: to drive or affect by persistent harassing
hounder
noun
Synonyms
Examples of hound in a Sentence
Noun
in the yard an old hound greeted us with a single bark
a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive
Verb
He is being hounded by the press.
They hounded me with questions.
They hounded me for my autograph.
hound a politician out of office
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Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
The Legislature asked for tighter controls on such dogs after some residents complained about property damage and alarming run-ins with packs of hounds.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound.
—Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
The Legislature asked for tighter controls on such dogs after some residents complained about property damage and alarming run-ins with packs of hounds.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hound
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“Hound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hound. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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hound
1 of 2 noun2
: a dog of any of various hunting breeds having large drooping ears and a deep voice and following their prey by scent or sight
hound
2 of 2 verb
: to pursue with or as if with hounds
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