Hound

Definition: Hound

Hound

Noun

1. Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears.

2. Someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog".

Verb

1. Pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hound" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Literature

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Synonyms: Hound

Animal

Dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie.

Bad Man

Blackguard, polisson, loafer, sneak; rapscallion, rascallion; cullion, mean wretch, varlet, kern, ame-de-boue, drole; cur, dog, hound, whelp, mongrel; lown, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond; rogue; (knave); ronian; scum of the earth, riffraff; Arcades ambo.

Malevolence

Molest, worry, harass, haunt, harry, bait, tease; throw stones at; play the devil with; hunt down, dragoon, hound; persecute, oppress, grind; maltreat; illtreat, ill-use.

Motive

Enforce, force; impel; (push); propel; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag; exhort; advise; call upon; press; (request); advocate.

Pursuit

Pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari, sportsman, Nimrod; hound.

Chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of; (sequence).

Crosswords: Hound

Look at the fun bags on that hose hound. (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.)

Leva tells me you've been eyeing the Captain's wife like a hound dog at hunting time (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

A girl's got a right to know what kind of hound she's saving herself for. (Center Stage; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

He likes to travel around with a mean old hound. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

I'm sorry, Hound. I shouldn't have fired on Megatron (Transformers; writing credit: George Arthur Bloom; Doug Booth)

You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog (Hound Dog; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)

Hiccup Hound (1963)

Hound for Hound (1963)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Rock Hound Magoo (1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Hound Dog in Christmas Truck (Holiday Cards) (reference)

• Hound of Heaven and Other Poems (reference)

• Hound of the Far Side (Far Side Books, Collection No 7) (reference)

• The Checker Playing Hound Dog: Tall Tales from a Southwestern Storyteller (reference)

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Afghan Hound Review (reference)

• Horse And Hound (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Fox and the Hound (reference)

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (reference)

• Fox & The Hound (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Basset Hound Blues (reference)

• Bassett Hound (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The hare and the hound. Credit: Library of Congress.

Food hound. Credit: Library of Congress.

Old Ben, English fox hound. Credit: Library of Congress.

White Horse Whiskey advertisement in front of Horse and Hound Inn on Route 6. Watertown, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissioner Haynes by a prohibition agent in Colorado), sniffs at flask in back pocket of man, seated, fishing on pier on the Potomac River. Credit: Library of Congress.

The "Hooch hound" in action. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He bowed his head and reflected, like a hound who put his nose to the ground to be sure of the way.

On top of the truck, the suffering hound dog crawled timidly to the edge of the load and looked over, whimpering, toward the water

Thus they circle until they fall upon the recent trail of a fox, for a wise hound will forsake everything else for this

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hound": afghan hound ♦ basset hound ♦ blood hound ♦ gazelle hound ♦ hound dog ♦ hound down ♦ hound on ♦ hound out ♦ ibizan hound ♦ master of hound ♦ news hound ♦ otter hound ♦ Plott hound ♦ rock hound ♦ sausage hound ♦ sleuth hound ♦ squid hound ♦ Walker hound ♦ wolf hound. Additional references.

Beginning with "hound": hound-dog, hound-like, hound-whelp.

Ending with "hound": alsatian wolf-hound, basset-hound, blood-hound, deer-hound, hell-hound, otter-hound, sleaze-hound, spectre-hound, under-hound.

Albanian

zagar (courser, greyhound, pointer, rascal, retriever), qen (bow wow, canine, dog, mutt), njeri i qepur (plodder, stickler), laro (hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lacquey, rascal), langua (beagle, harrier, Hunter, whippet), gjuajtës lajmesh, gjuajtës autografesh. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كلب صيد (beagle, pointer), ‏كلب (canine, dog, madness, pooch, tike), ‏ولع ب (affect, be fond of, fancy, hack, love, take a fancy to, take to), ‏تعقب (carry, chase, dog, follow, keep track of, pursue, set back, tail), ‏طارد (bouncer, chase, course, dog, evictor, expeller, fly, give chase, go after, hunt, prosecute, pursue, repellent, run, run down, want), ‏شخص جدير بالإزدراء (buzzard, stinkard, swine, worm). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хрътка (greyhound, sleuthhound), фоксер (foxhound), куче (cur, dog, pooch, tike), гоня с кучета, вид малка акула (dogfish, sea dog), запалянко (fan, freak, merchant, rooter), любител (addict, amateur, connoisseur, dilettante, fancier, ham, laic, lover, merchant, outsider), ловджийско куче (courser), преследвам безмилостно, долен тип. (various references)

Chinese 

追逐 (Chase, Chased, Chasing, Hounded, Hounding), 獵犬 . (various references)

Czech

honicí pes, pronásledovat (chase, give chase, go after, haunt, persecute, pursue, run, vex, victimize), ohař (Hunter, whippet), lovecký pes (gun dog, harrier, Ranger). (various references)

Danish

prospektor (prospector, rock hound), geolog (geologist, rock hound). (various references)

Dutch

hondegang (dog's gait, dog's movement, hound gait), kleingevlekte hondshaai (fay dog, lesser spotted dogfish, rough dog, rough hound, small spotted dogfish), kleine hondshaai (fay dog, lesser spotted dogfish, rough dog, rough hound, small spotted dogfish), geoloog (geologist). (various references)

Finnish

metsästyskoira (sporting dog), koira (dog), ajokoira. (various references)

French

traquer, talonner, poursuivre, crapule, chien de meute, chien de chasse, chien, canaille, basset, acharnement. (various references)

German

jagdhund (Hunter, hunting dog), hund (bastard, dog, manacle). (various references)

Greek 

κυνηγώ με σκύλουσ, κυνηγώ (chase, course, go after 1, go after 2, hunt, jilt, make after, prey on, run after, shoot, stalk), κυνηγόσκυλο, κυνηγετικόσ σκύλοσ (blood hound, deer-hound, foxhound, setter), καταδιώκω (chase, persecute, prosecute, pursue), σκύλος (dog). (various references)

Hebrew 

לר�"וף (be after someone, chase, dog, give chase, go after, haunt, hunt down, persecute, pursue), זרזיר (starling), כלב צי�" (beagle, pointer). (various references)

Hungarian

vadászkutya (gun-dog), hitvány ember (lackey, polecat, rascal), kopó (deerhound, foxhound, ranger, sleuth, sleuth-hound, tail). (various references)

Indonesian

anjing pemburu. (various references)

Irish

cú (dog). (various references)

Italian

cane da caccia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

走狗 (cat's paw, dupe, hunting dog, running dog, tool of another person), 猟犬　 (gun dog, hunting dog), 猟犬 (gun dog, hunting dog), ハイライト版 (credit card issued by a particular store or business, Hadar, haunt, hazard, hazard lamp, highland, high-leg leotard, high-level, high-level language, highlight halftone, house, house boat, house dust, house mannequin, house organ, housecleaning, household, househusband, housekeeper, housekeeping, housewares, housewife, housing, how, how to, howling, husband, husband hunt, huskie, husky, husky voice, hustler, Live Long!, sales clerk in a fancy boutique clothing store). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ハウンド , そうく (cat's paw, dupe, hunting dog, lean, running dog, tool of another person), りょうけ�" (decision, design, discretion, forgiveness, gun dog, hunting dog, idea, inclination, intention, motive, thought, toleration). (various references)

Korean 

�"� �하십시�". (various references)

Manx

coo (cur, dog, wolf-dog). (various references)

Norwegian

jakthund, jage (chase, hunt). (various references)

Pig Latin

oundhay.(various references)

Portuguese

homem desprez�vel, soltar os c�es a, perseguir com c�es, miser�vel, c�o de ca�a (hunter), ca�ar com c�es. (various references)

Romanian

vâna cu copoi, urmãri (aim, chase, dog, drive, follow, follow out, give chase, go after, go for, haunt, Hunt, intend, look at, make after, Mark, obsess, pursue, run, run after, seek after, strive after, trace, track, watch), ticãlos (a bad egg, base, cad, canting, cur, dark, dirty, felon, foul, heel, impious, kite, knave, knavish, knavishly, low-minded, mean, meanly, miscreant, paltry, perverse, picaroon, rapscallion, rascal, rascally, recreant, reprobate, ruffian, scab, scabby, scamp, scoundrel, scurvy, serpentine, shabby, skunk, sneak, sneaking, vile, villain, villainous, wretch, wretched), slobozi (disentangle, extricate, free, hail, loose hold, release, vent), copoi (bloodhound, bull, ferret, nark, nose, Ranger, retriever, slop, tracker, trap), câine (beast, bow-bow, brute, dog, doggie, wow-wow), alunga (banish, bar, cast out, chase away, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, eject, exorcise, exorcize, expel, remove, send away). (various references)

Russian 

собака (dog, pooch), травить гончая, гончая собака (whippet), гончая (beagle, deerhound, harrier, whippet), негодяй (brat, coyote, dastard, gallows bird, gallows-bird, knave, loon, man of Belial, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, spalpeen, villain, wretch). (various references)

Scottish

arrachogaidh (the first hound that gets wind of). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uznemiriti (acerbate, alarm, bother, discompose, disconcert, disturb, intrude, perturb, pester, put out, put smb. out, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex), lovački pas (harrier, lurcher, sleuthhound, tracker), šikanirati (chicane, harass). (various references)

Spanish

sabueso (bandog, beagle, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound), podenco, perseguir (chase, chivvy, dog, dragoon, follow, follow up, get after, go after, gun for, harass, haunt, Hunt, hunt down, importune, lock on, obsess, persecute, prosecute, pursue, set after, trace, tracking), perro de caza (bird dog, harrier), galgo (grayhound, greyhound), canalla (blackguard, cad, cur, heel, mob, outsider, rabble, rat, riff raff, scab, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, scapegrace, scoundrel, skunk, stinker, swine, you cad), acosar (annoy, beset, besiege, bombard, chase, chevy, chivvy, harass, Harry, hunt, mob, persecute, pester, press, rush). (various references)

Swedish

jakthund (hunting dog, hunting-dog), hund (canine, canis, dog), hetsa (bait, incite, stampede). (various references)

Thai

สุนัขไล่เนื้อ, ล่า (hunt), คนเลว. (various references)

Turkish

hastası, tazı (beagle, bloodhound, greyhound, harrier, whippet), takip etmek (chase, come after, dog, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, keep tabs on, prosecute, pursue, sleuth, track), tahrik etmek (agitate, egg, egg on, excite, fan, ferment, hound on, incite, instigate, irritate, jockey into, move, provoke, rough the wrong way, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, sting, stir up, turn on, whet, whip up, wind up, work up), meraklı (addict, addicted, aficionado, amateur, buff, bug, curious, curious person, devotee, fancier, freak, given to, hipped, hipped on, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, keen, keen on, lover, nosey, nosy, prying, quidnunc, quizzical, rubberneck, snoop, Snoopy, splenetic), kışkırtmak (agitate, antagonize, defy, egg, egg on, excite, fan the flame, ferment, foment, ginger, ginger up, goad, goad on, hound on, incite, inflame, instigate, jockey into, lash, prod, provoke, rouse, set on, solicit, sting, stir up, tempt, warm up, whip up), izlemek (chase, come on, dog, eye, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, go by, keep tabs on, monitor, monitorize, observe, pursue, shadow, supervene, tail, trace, track, trail, watch), iz sürmek (scent, scent out, sleuth, spoor), it herif (rotter, scab, tyke, yellow dog), gemi yan germesi, av köpeği (beagle, bird dog, draghound, gun dog, pointer, retriever, setter), aşağılık adam. (various references)

Turkmen 

tazy, kцpek. (various references)

Ukrainian

собака (buffer, canine, dog), цькувати собаками (bait), гончак (beagle, harrier, whippet), нацьковувати (halloo, needle, play off, sick), переслідувати (bay, chase, drive, follow, ghost, persecute, pursue, tag), пес (canine). (various references)

Welsh

helgi, ci hela, ci (dog), bytheiad. (various references)

cane, canem, canes, cani, canibus, canis, canum, Cynoglossum officinale L., Mustelus asterias, Mustelus asterias rondelet, Mustelus stellatus, Mustelus vulgaris, petit chat de mer, Scyllium canicula, VE petite roussette, VE Scyliorhinus caniculus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "hound": hounded, hounder, hounders, hounding, hounds. (additional references)

Words ending with "hound": bloodhound, chowhound, coonhound, deerhound, elkhound, foxhound, gazehound, greyhound, hellhound, horehound, newshound, rockhound, sleuthhound, staghound, wolfhound. (additional references)

Words containing "hound": bloodhounds, chowhounds, coonhounds, deerhounds, elkhounds, foxhounds, gazehounds, greyhounds, hellhounds, horehounds, newshounds, rockhounding, rockhoundings, rockhounds, sleuthhounds, staghounds, wolfhounds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hound" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chojun, Cound, Harunda, haund, heun, hoan, hoand, Hoburne, honut, hornd, Horun, houd, houdy, hould, houm, Houn, hourd, hund, Hundt, huon, huong, hyun, jound, Khouna, lound, Nhuong. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: undo.

-2 letters: don, duh, dun, duo, hod, hon, hun, nod, noh, oud, udo.

-3 letters: do, ho, no, nu, od, oh, on, uh, un.

+1 letter: hounds, unhood, unshod.

+2 letters: handout, hounded, hounder, unhoods, unhoped.

+3 letters: aunthood, douching, doughnut, downhaul, elkhound, enshroud, foxhound, handouts, honoured, hounders, hounding, humanoid, pushdown, roundish, shutdown, thousand, unchoked, unhooded, unhooked, unhorsed, unhoused, unmodish, whodunit.

+4 letters: anhydrous, anthodium, aunthoods, chondrule, chowhound, coonhound, cushioned, deerhound, doughnuts, downhauls, elkhounds, enshrouds, eunuchoid, foxhounds, foxhunted, gazehound, greyhound, groundhog, gunkholed, hardbound, headcount, hellhound, hidebound, homebound, horehound, humanoids, hydronium, newshound, nourished, outhunted, outshined, pushdowns, rockhound, roughened, shrouding, shutdowns, southland, staghound, thousands, touchdown, toughened, unclothed, undershot, unhonored, unhooding, unthroned, untouched, upholding, whodunits, whodunnit, wolfhound, youthened.