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2
: a mean or despicable person
3
: dogfish
4
: a person who pursues like a hound
especially
: one who avidly seeks or collects something
autograph hounds
hounded; hounding; hounds
1
: to pursue with or as if with hounds
2
: to drive or affect by persistent harassing
hounder
noun
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Examples of hound in a Sentence
Noun
in the yard an old hound greeted us with a single bark
a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive
Verb
He is being hounded by the press.
They hounded me with questions.
They hounded me for my autograph.
hound a politician out of office
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
During this time, Law was hounded by the press and made into an object of prurient fascination and lust.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Murray’s Cheese 7 Monthly Cheese Clubs Shop at The giftable subscriptions available through Murray’s are enough to make any brie lover or gouda hound weep.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024
The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.
—Bymeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
Verb
His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
During this time, Law was hounded by the press and made into an object of prurient fascination and lust.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Hound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hound. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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hound
1 of 2 noun2
: a dog of any of various hunting breeds having large drooping ears and a deep voice and following their prey by scent or sight
hound
2 of 2 verb
: to pursue with or as if with hounds
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