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a hit dog hollers

a hit dog hollers is the alternative form of a hit dog will holler.

Meaning of a hit dog will holler

Proverb

a hit dog will holler

  1. (US) An offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining.

Questions about a hit dog hollers

What is a hit dog hollers the alternative form of?
A hit dog hollers is the alternative form of a hit dog will holler.

Words near a hit dog hollers in the dictionary

  1. a great deal
  2. a great many
  3. a hair past a freckle
  4. a hanger and a flogger
  5. a healthy body is a healthy mind
  6. a hit dog hollers
  7. a hit dog will holler
  8. a hoot and a holler
  9. a horse apiece
  10. a house divided against itself cannot stand
  11. a house is not a home

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a hit dog hollers (page history and authors); a hit dog will holler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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