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the hit dog hollers

the hit dog hollers is the alternative form of a hit dog will holler.

Meaning of a hit dog will holler

Proverb

a hit dog will holler

  1. (US) An offended or defensive response to a statement suggests that the statement applies to the person complaining.

Questions about the hit dog hollers

What is the hit dog hollers the alternative form of?
The hit dog hollers is the alternative form of a hit dog will holler.

Words near the hit dog hollers in the dictionary

  1. the hell you say
  2. the helly
  3. the highest branch is not the safest roost
  4. The Hill
  5. The Hills
  6. the hit dog hollers
  7. The Honeysuckles
  8. the house
  9. the house always wins
  10. the house down
  11. The Hundred

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Adapted from Wiktionary: the hit dog hollers (page history and authors); a hit dog will holler (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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