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horn-dog

horn-dog is the alternative spelling of horndog.

Meaning of horndog

Noun

horndog (plural horndogs)

  1. (US, slang) A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex.
    • In addition, lest we forget, Clinton’s reputation as the world’s biggest horndog was by this time well known to all of us.2003, Eric Alterman, What Liberal Media?

Forms of horn-dog

pluralhorn-dogs

Questions about horn-dog

What is horn-dog the alternative spelling of?
Horn-dog is the alternative spelling of horndog.

Words near horn-dog in the dictionary

  1. horn tippers
  2. horn violin
  3. horn violins
  4. horn-bearing
  5. horn-book
  6. horn-dog
  7. horn-dogs
  8. horn-helmeted
  9. horn-mad
  10. horn-owl
  11. horn-piper

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