Definitions
A small long-bodied dog with short legs.
Word origin
From German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”).
Used in a sentence
“Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.”
“We had decided to take a small dog for the children and we chose a tan, short-haired, six-week-old male dachshund. We named him Fritz.”
“Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebreed dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Long-bodied small dog”9 letters
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