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publicity-hound

publicity-hound is the alternative form of publicity hound.

Meaning of publicity hound

Noun

publicity hound (plural publicity hounds)

  1. (idiomatic) A person who constantly seeks public attention, especially through coverage in the broadcast media or news media.
    • The truth about Pastor Straton is that he is perhaps the country's most persistent publicity hound. He has an insatiable appetite for newspaper notice.1928 August 28, Frank R. Kent, “The Great Game Of Politics”, in Baltimore Sun, page 1

Forms of publicity-hound

pluralpublicity-hounds

Questions about publicity-hound

What is publicity-hound the alternative form of?
Publicity-hound is the alternative form of publicity hound.

Words near publicity-hound in the dictionary

  1. publicity
  2. publicity hound
  3. publicity hounds
  4. publicity stunt
  5. publicity stunts
  6. publicity-hound
  7. publicity-hounds
  8. publicizable
  9. publicization
  10. publicizations
  11. publicize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: publicity-hound (page history and authors); publicity hound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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