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beagles

beagles is the plural of beagle.

beagles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beagle.

Meaning of beagle

Noun

beagle (plural beagles)

  1. A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
  2. A person who snoops on others; a detective.
    • […]whereas burying a body in the wooded area beyond the backyard was the quickest way to make a Nassau County Police Department beagle look good.2002, Susan Isaacs, Long Time No See, page 243
  3. A bailiff.
  4. A small kind of shark.

See all 7 meanings of beagle

Proper noun capitalized: Beagles

Beagles

  1. (plural) plural of Beagle

Phrases with beagles

Questions about beagles

What is beagles the plural of?
Beagles is the plural of beagle.
What part of speech is beagles?
Beagles is a proper noun.

Words near beagles in the dictionary

  1. beagled
  2. beaglepuss
  3. beaglepusses
  4. beagler
  5. beaglers
  6. beagles
  7. Beagley
  8. Beagleys
  9. beaglier
  10. beagliers
  11. beagling

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