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2
: a mean or despicable person
3
: dogfish
4
: a person who pursues like a hound
especially
: one who avidly seeks or collects something
autograph hounds
hounded; hounding; hounds
1
: to pursue with or as if with hounds
2
: to drive or affect by persistent harassing
hounder
noun
Examples of hound in a Sentence
Noun
in the yard an old hound greeted us with a single bark
a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive
Verb
He is being hounded by the press.
They hounded me with questions.
They hounded me for my autograph.
hound a politician out of office
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
And all of that mimicked the gloriously madcap fox hunt, minus hounds and the fox and made the horse the focus — hence the sobriquet for the sport, National Hunt racing.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Kelly Iko, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Charlie is just a person in a unique position to help, so of course she’s persistently hounded by people who need it — and lots of people need it!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
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Noun
An ode to the Pistons The world might forget about what occurred only one minute before Jalen Brunson’s series-winning 3-pointer over defensive hound Ausar Thompson on Thursday.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
And all of that mimicked the gloriously madcap fox hunt, minus hounds and the fox and made the horse the focus — hence the sobriquet for the sport, National Hunt racing.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Lu Dort struggles on offense For all intents and purposes, Lu Dort, whose primary job in this series is to hound Jamal Murray for 48 minutes, is doing a solid job defensively.
—Kelly Iko, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Charlie is just a person in a unique position to help, so of course she’s persistently hounded by people who need it — and lots of people need it!
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
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“Hound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hound. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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hound
1 of 2 noun2
: a dog of any of various hunting breeds having large drooping ears and a deep voice and following their prey by scent or sight
hound
2 of 2 verb
: to pursue with or as if with hounds
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