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What (who) is hound - definition
DOG TYPE
Hound Group; Hound dog (animal); Hound group
![A [[beagle]] is a small breed of hound.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beagle GRUMPY2.JPG?width=200 "A [[beagle]] is a small breed of hound.")
hound
¦ 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.
¦ verb harass or pursue relentlessly.
Origin
OE hund, of Gmc origin.
hound
I
n.
hunting dog
1) a pack of hounds
2) (esp. BE) to ride to hounds, to follow the hounds ('to hunt on horseback with dogs')
enthusiast
3) autograph hounds
II
v.
1) (d; tr.) to hound from, out of (they hounded her out of office)
2) (d; tr.) to hound into (to hound smb. into doing smt.)
3) (H) they kept hounding me to get a haircut
hound
I. n.
Dog (for the chase), hunting-dog.
II. v. a.
1.
Incite, urge, spur, set on, urge on, spur on.
2.
Hunt, pursue, chase.
3.
Hunt hard, pursue cruelly, harass, harry, drive to bay.
Wikipedia
Hound
A hound is a type of hunting dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.
Examples of use of hound
1. He put the future king of rock ‘n‘ roll on stage dressed in a tuxedo and singing his yet–to–be–recorded "Hound Dog" to a basset hound.
2. He‘s a publicity hound, an admitted past prevaricator.
3. But still the authorities hound and convict the innocent.
4. "There‘s no dog czar that we‘re aware of, but they may have one." When Obama called the Portuguese water dog a hound on Sunday, Daisy Okas, a vice president at the American Kennel Club, responded: "It‘s not a hound.
5. "He‘s a people‘s dog, a merry little hound," handler Aaron Wilkerson said.