hound
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hound/haʊnd/
▶noun
- 1 a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.
- 2 a person eagerly seeking something: a publicity hound.
- 3 used in names of dogfishes, e.g. nurse hound.
– origin OE hund, of Gmc origin.
'hound' also found in these Oxford entries:
abet
- Afghan hound
- basset
- beagle
- blood
- bloodhound
- brat
- cast
- check
- drag hound
- feisty
- flesh
- harrier
- hound's tongue
- huss
- Irish wolfhound
- news hound
- nurse hound
- otter dog
- sleuth
- sleuth-hound
- slip
- smooth hound
- speak
- walk
