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Word entry · 5 letters

hound

Best crossword clue

"Tracking dog"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /haʊnd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted dhnouStarts with HEnds with D2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. pursue or chase relentlessly

Word origin

From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz. Doublet of canine.

Used in a sentence

  • “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.”
  • “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.”
  • “"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."”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Tracking dog”5 letters
02“Hunting dog”5 letters

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