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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
1H2O3U4N5D

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

01Tracking dog5 letters
02Hunting dog5 letters

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