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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishhound, fromOld Englishhund, fromProto-West Germanic*hund, fromProto-Germanic*hundaz, from pre-Germanic*ḱuntós (compareLatviansùnt-ene(“big dog”), enlargement ofProto-Indo-European*ḱwṓ(“dog”).Doublet ofcanine.

In 14th-century England,hound was the general word for all domestic canines, anddog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog.[1] By the 16th century,dog had become the general word, andhound had begun to refer only to breeds used forhunting.[2]

Abassethound.

Noun

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hound (pluralhounds)

  1. Adog, particularly abreed with a good sense ofsmell developed forhunting other animals.
  2. Anycanine animal.
  3. (by extension) Someone whoseeks something.
    • 1996, Marc Parent,Turning Stones,Harcourt Brace & Company,→ISBN, page93:
      On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signaturehound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.
    • 2004,Jodi Picoult,My Sister's Keeper,Simon & Schuster,,→ISBN, page483:
      I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a gloryhound, because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.
  4. (by extension) A male who constantlyseeks the company of desirable women.
    • 1915,Norman Duncan, "A Certain Recipient", inHarper's, volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished inHarper'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?" […]
      "She had a good many successors, John."
      "You are such ahound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such ahound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."
  5. A despicable person.
    Synonym:cur
  6. Ahoundfish.
Usage notes
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  • In more recent times,hound has been replaced by Modern Englishdog but the sense remains the same.
Derived terms
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Terms derived fromhound
Expressions containinghound
Translations
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dog, hunting dog
any canine animal
one who seeks something
male who constantly seeks the company of desirable females
despicable person
houndfish—seehoundfish

Etymology 2

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    FromMiddle Englishhounden, from the noun (see above).

    Verb

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    hound (third-person singular simple presenthounds,present participlehounding,simple past and past participlehounded)

    1. (transitive) To persistentlyharass doggedly.
      Synonyms:badger,bait;see alsoThesaurus:pester
      Hehounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.
      • 2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, inThe Guardian‎[3]:
        More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having beenhounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded.
    2. (transitive, archaic) Tourge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.
      • 1897, Andrew Lang,The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, page162:
        We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, andhounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.
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    Translations
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    to persistently harass
    to urge on against

    Etymology 3

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      FromMiddle Englishhownde,hount,houn, probably fromOld Norsehúnn, fromProto-Germanic*hūnaz.

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      Noun

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      hound (pluralhounds)

      1. (nautical, in theplural)Projections located at themasthead orforemast, serving as a support for thetrestletrees and top on which to rest; aforetop.
      2. A sidebar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

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      Anagrams

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      Middle English

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      anhound in watres ―adog in water

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      Etymology

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      FromOld Englishhund.

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      hound (pluralhoundes or(rare) hounden, dative singularhounde)

      1. dog,hound(The canidCanis lupus familiaris)
        1. Apet dog; a dog kept forcompanionship.
        2. Ahunting orsporting dog; a hound.
        3. (specifically) Amale or fully-grown dog.
      2. A strong term of abuse, especially used against enemies of one's religion
      3. (rare) Aheraldic portrayal of a dog.
      4. (rare) Theforces of evil; theinfernal army.
      5. (rare)Sirius(star)

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      The general word for "dog" ishound;dogge is vaguely derogatory and has a sense of "mongrel" or "cur".

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