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hound dog

hound dog noun: any hound, especially the bloodhound.

Noun

hound dog (plural hound dogs)

  1. (Southern US, dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound.
    • You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
      Cryin' all the time.
      You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
      Cryin' all the time.
      Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
      And you ain't no friend of mine.1956, “Hound Dog”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (revised by Elvis Presley) (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley
  2. (slang) A promiscuous man.

Forms of hound dog

pluralhound dogs

Words formed from hound dog

Questions about hound dog

What does hound dog mean?
Hound dog means any hound, especially the bloodhound.
What part of speech is hound dog?
Hound dog is a noun.
What is the plural of hound dog?
The plural of hound dog is hound dogs.

Words near hound dog in the dictionary

  1. houmous
  2. houmus
  3. houn'
  4. houn's
  5. hound
  6. hound dog
  7. hound dogs
  8. hound down
  9. hound of hell
  10. Hound of the Baskervilles effect
  11. hound shark

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