hound en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /haʊnd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Proto-Germanic *hundaz Proto-West Germanic *hund Old English hund Middle English hound English hound Inherited from Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Doublet of canine. Cognate with Dutch hond (“dog”), German Hund (“dog”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hund (“dog”), Faroese and Icelandic hundur (“dog”). In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog (much as the distinction between Hund and Dogge in contemporary German). By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.
Meanings
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A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
The hounds were baying a fox.
- Any canine animal.
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(broadly) Someone who seeks something.
On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.
1996, Marc Parent, Turning Stones, Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 93:I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound, because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.
2004, Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper, Simon & Schuster,, →ISBN, page 483:
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(broadly) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
"She had a good many successors, John." "You are such a hound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."
1915, Norman Duncan, "A Certain Recipient", in Harper's, volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 122, December 1915 to May 1916, page 108, "Are you alone, Goodson? […] I thought, perhaps, that the […] young woman, Goodson, who supplanted Mary?" […]
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A despicable person.
Boy! false hound!
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi]:'You blackmailing hound,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice. Anstruther turned pale.
1973, Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me and Other Uncanny Invitations:I turned away and left her to finish her journey in peace, feeling, but only for a moment or two, that I had been an unutterably mean hound.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 12:
- A houndfish.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| hounds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
houndsberry (Terms derived from hound) · swine-hound (Terms derived from hound) · drag-hound (Terms derived from hound) · covert-hound (Terms derived from hound) · war hound (Terms derived from hound) · puddle-hound (Terms derived from hound) · rock hound (Terms derived from hound) · Gabriel's hounds (Terms derived from hound) · deerhound (Terms derived from hound) · Lithuanian Hound (Terms derived from hound) · rumhound (Terms derived from hound) · hell-hound (Terms derived from hound) · foxhound (Terms derived from hound) · elkhound (Terms derived from hound) · sea hound (Terms derived from hound) · hound's tongue (Terms derived from hound) · houndstongue (Terms derived from hound) · bitch hound (Terms derived from hound) · swinehound (Terms derived from hound) · jizzhound (Terms derived from hound) · chowhound (Terms derived from hound) · clean as a hound's tooth (Expressions containing hound) · sinhound (Terms derived from hound) · houndy (Terms derived from hound) · beerhound (Terms derived from hound) · powderhound (Terms derived from hound) · hellhound (Terms derived from hound) · slot-hound (Terms derived from hound) · hold with the hare and run with the hounds (Expressions containing hound) · newshound (Terms derived from hound) · otterhound (Terms derived from hound) · nursehound (Terms derived from hound) · wolfhound (Terms derived from hound) · corpse hounds (Terms derived from hound) · grayhound (Terms derived from hound) · pole-hound (Terms derived from hound) · houndsman (Terms derived from hound) · gazehound (Terms derived from hound) · staghound (Terms derived from hound) · Ibizan Hound (Terms derived from hound) · painted hound (Terms derived from hound) · publicity hound (Terms derived from hound) · sleuthhound (Terms derived from hound) · heckhound (Terms derived from hound) · harehound (Terms derived from hound) · bagel hound (Terms derived from hound) · greyhound (Terms derived from hound) · buckhound (Terms derived from hound) · Afghan hound (Terms derived from hound) · lyam-hound (Terms derived from hound) · lenshound (Terms derived from hound) · minkhound (Terms derived from hound) · pack hound (Terms derived from hound) · sighthound (Terms derived from hound) · drag hound (Terms derived from hound) · coonhound (Terms derived from hound) · hound of hell (Terms derived from hound) · covert hound (Terms derived from hound) · scent hound (Terms derived from hound) · houndling (Terms derived from hound) · autograph hound (Terms derived from hound) · houndfish (Terms derived from hound) · hell hound (Terms derived from hound) · run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (Expressions containing hound) · powder hound (Terms derived from hound) · hare and hounds (Terms derived from hound) · houndlike (Terms derived from hound) · houndstooth (Terms derived from hound) · rough-hound (Terms derived from hound) · smooth hound (Terms derived from hound) · hounds of war (Terms derived from hound) · publicity-hound (Terms derived from hound) · Bulgarian Hound (Terms derived from hound) · bloodhound (Terms derived from hound) · whorehound (Terms derived from hound) · Otterhound (Terms derived from hound) · double-nosed Andean tiger hound (Terms derived from hound) · bookhound (Terms derived from hound) · axhandle hound (Terms derived from hound) · axehandle hound (Terms derived from hound) · sleuth-hound (Terms derived from hound) · draghound (Terms derived from hound) · hound dog (Terms derived from hound) · bagle hound (Terms derived from hound) · gorehound (Terms derived from hound) · follow the hounds (Terms derived from hound) · coon hound (Terms derived from hound) · rough hound (Terms derived from hound) · bitch-hound (Terms derived from hound) · Bavarian mountain hound (Terms derived from hound) · boarhound (Terms derived from hound) · smuthound (Terms derived from hound) · hound shark (Terms derived from hound) · African Lion Hound (Terms derived from hound) · Tyrolean Hound (Terms derived from hound) · houndish (Terms derived from hound) · chow hound (Terms derived from hound) · bearhound (Terms derived from hound) · basset hound (Terms derived from hound) · shag-hound (Terms derived from hound) · boozehound (Terms derived from hound) · houndly (Terms derived from hound) · Hungarian hound (Terms derived from hound) · ban-hound (Terms derived from hound) · hounder (Terms derived from hound)
Synonyms
Translations (94)
gl sabuxo (dog, hunting dog) · fi hurtta (dog, hunting dog) · cmn 獵犬 /猎犬 (dog, hunting dog) · es cárabo (disused) (dog, hunting dog) · gd cù (dog, hunting dog) · yi הונט (dog, hunting dog) · scn fimminaru (male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females) · fr molosse (dog, hunting dog) · es perro de caza (dog, hunting dog) · sk chrt (dog, hunting dog) · gl lebreu (dog, hunting dog) · ru ищейка (one who seeks something) · scn cacciaturi (one who seeks something) · el ζαγάρι (dog, hunting dog) · uk гонча́к (dog, hunting dog) · ka ძაღლი (dog, hunting dog) · ar كَلْبُ صَيْد (dog, hunting dog) · hy բարակ (dog, hunting dog) · ka მონადირე ძაღლი (dog, hunting dog) · hi श्वान (dog, hunting dog) · ga cú (dog, hunting dog) · cs lovecký pes (dog, hunting dog) · pl ogar (dog, hunting dog) · io chasohundo (dog, hunting dog) · is hundur (dog, hunting dog) · fi koira (despicable person) · de Jagdhund (dog, hunting dog) · pt cão de caça (dog, hunting dog) · fr chien de chasse (dog, hunting dog) · nl jachthond (dog, hunting dog) · cs chrt (dog, hunting dog) · pl gończy (dog, hunting dog) · gl sabuio (dog, hunting dog) · el λαγωνικό (dog, hunting dog) · hu vadászkutya (dog, hunting dog) · pt mulherengo (male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females) · ru охо́тничья соба́ка (dog, hunting dog) · ro câine de vânătoare (dog, hunting dog) · fy hûn (dog, hunting dog) · da hund (dog, hunting dog) · ja 狩犬 (dog, hunting dog) · fo veiðihundur (dog, hunting dog) · vi chó săn (dog, hunting dog) · el κυνηγόσκυλο (dog, hunting dog) · fr chien courant (dog, hunting dog) · de Schürzenjäger (male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females) · he כלב ציד (dog, hunting dog) · nl hond (dog, hunting dog) · ro ogar (dog, hunting dog) · sv hund (dog, hunting dog) · tl asong pangaso (dog, hunting dog) · gl corricón (dog, hunting dog) · sh hrt (dog, hunting dog) · fi koiraeläin (any canine animal) · mi kurī whakangau (dog, hunting dog) · eo hundo (dog, hunting dog) · ka ქოფაკი (dog, hunting dog) · scn cani di caccia (dog, hunting dog) · ru го́нчая (dog, hunting dog) · fr braque (dog, hunting dog) · fi koira (dog, hunting dog) · fi metsästyskoira (dog, hunting dog) · sh kȇr (dog, hunting dog) · gl braco (dog, hunting dog) · ru кобель (male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females) · gl mullereiro (male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females) · pt caçador (one who seeks something) · et hagijas (dog, hunting dog) · es sabueso (dog, hunting dog) · ms انجيڠ ڤمبورو (dog, hunting dog) · ja 猟犬 (dog, hunting dog) · fi metsästäjä (one who seeks something) · de Hund (dog, hunting dog) · it bracco (dog, hunting dog) · uk го́нчий собака (dog, hunting dog) · gl cazador (one who seeks something) · hrx Jachthund (dog, hunting dog) · bo རྔོན་ཁྱི (dog, hunting dog) · tk tazy (dog, hunting dog) · bg хрътка (dog, hunting dog) · cs honič (dog, hunting dog) · fo hundur (dog, hunting dog) · af hond (dog, hunting dog) · fi häntäheikki (male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females) · mk ’рт (dog, hunting dog) · sga cú (dog, hunting dog) · scn cani braccu (dog, hunting dog) · no hund (dog, hunting dog) · gl acadán (dog, hunting dog) · pt sabujo (dog, hunting dog) · ms anjing pemburu (dog, hunting dog) · mk загар (dog, hunting dog) · axm զաղառ (dog, hunting dog) · de Jäger (one who seeks something)