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dashhound

dashhound is the alternative form of dachshund.

Meaning of dachshund

Noun

dachshund (plural dachshunds or (obsolete or used by German-speakers) dachshunde)

  1. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.
    • Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

Forms of dashhound

pluraldashhounds

Questions about dashhound

What is dashhound the alternative form of?
Dashhound is the alternative form of dachshund.

Words near dashhound in the dictionary

  1. dashes off
  2. dashes on
  3. dashes someone's hopes
  4. dashest
  5. dasheth
  6. dashhound
  7. dashhounds
  8. dashi
  9. Dashiell
  10. Dashiells
  11. dashier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dashhound (page history and authors); dachshund (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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