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hound dogs

hound dogs is the plural of hound dog.

Meaning of hound dog

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.

Questions about hound dogs

What is hound dogs the plural of?
Hound dogs is the plural of hound dog.

Words near hound dogs in the dictionary

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

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