newshound
newshound noun: an investigative reporter.
Noun
newshound (plural newshounds)
- An investigative reporter.
- I recently received a firsthand report from an old friend — John A. Keel — who until last year was as skeptical a newshound as I have known.1967, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Uninvited Visitors
- "You could, of course, have a prepared statement and when a newshound knocked at the door you could slide it out to him," said the journalist.1977, New York Magazine
- Synonyms:
- newsmonger
Synonyms of newshound
Forms of newshound
| plural | newshounds |
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Origin of newshound
From news + hound.
Questions about newshound
- What does newshound mean?
- Newshound means an investigative reporter.
- What part of speech is newshound?
- Newshound is a noun.
- What is the plural of newshound?
- The plural of newshound is newshounds.
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