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as in dog
a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes
in the yard an old hound greeted us with a single bark
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as in lover
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
a no-good sneaky hound who disappeared with the lottery winnings he was supposed to share
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
nobody could stand that low-down hound and his penchant for mean-spirited pranks
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
after the scandal came to light, the politician was hounded by reporters night and day
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as in to dog
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
kept hounding his mother to let him drive her car until she gave in
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Recent Examples of hound
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Photos show the hound wearing the orange rescue harness on top of the mountain.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
But the cultural repercussions will be felt for generations to come, even (and especially) in the swiping apps hounded by modern singles.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Read Next National Tracking hound dog stranded on Colorado cliff face.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Photos show the hound wearing the orange rescue harness on top of the mountain.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
But the cultural repercussions will be felt for generations to come, even (and especially) in the swiping apps hounded by modern singles.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hound
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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The film has become an event, a must-see for movie lovers.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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For meat lovers, the hearty Rabo de Toro oxtail braised for 24 hours.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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This shortcoming extends to its assortment of villains who, despite including celebrity appearances like AEW wrestler Samoa Joe, fail to leave a memorable impression beyond being yet another obstacle on the way to the end credits.—
Isaiah Colbert,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Ant-Man met a villain named Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania who battled multiple versions of himself from different timelines.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But Barkley didn’t join the Eagles to chase records.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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There's several variations but there's a big one that moves after the little one that appears to be chasing it....—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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With Altman urging Musk to focus on building a better AI product, who will win in the end?—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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With his wife also urging him to get his recurrent sore throat checked, Theakston consulted a specialist and was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, a rare disease that attacked his voice box.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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More great reads Column: Super Bowl sucker no more.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Another place where suckers may pop up is below the bud union on the tree, where the citrus variety was grafted onto the rootstock.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
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Smith has been on the outer of the Australian team in the T20 format, his weakest format where his lack of power can get exposed in a game dotted by muscular brutes.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Maliki is a divisive brute whom Iran supports to the hilt.—
Dov Friedman,
Foreign Affairs,
17 June 2014
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Hound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hound. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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