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gazehound

Syllables: gaze·hound/ˈɡeɪzhaʊnd/US/ˈɡeɪzˌhaʊnd/

gazehound noun: synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).

gazehound: synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and...
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Noun

gazehound (plural gazehounds)

  1. Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).
    • And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet's bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Second: To the Rev. John Marriot, M.A.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable...
    • I entered the house with some wrath upon me at seeing the gazehounds in the yard; for it seems a cruel thing to me to harass the birds in the breeding-time.1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XXII, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC, page 250
    Synonyms:
    sighthound

Synonyms of gazehound

Forms of gazehound

pluralgazehounds
alternative formgaze-hound

Origin of gazehound

PIE word *ḱwṓ From gaze (noun) + hound.

Questions about gazehound

What does gazehound mean?
Gazehound means synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).
What part of speech is gazehound?
Gazehound is a noun.
How do you pronounce gazehound?
Gazehound is pronounced /ˈɡeɪzhaʊnd/ (UK).
What is the plural of gazehound?
The plural of gazehound is gazehounds.

Words near gazehound in the dictionary

  1. gazeebos
  2. Gazeepore
  3. Gazeeraa
  4. gazees
  5. gazeful
  6. gazehound
  7. gazehounds
  8. gazeka
  9. gazekas
  10. gazel
  11. gazeless

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