hound

hound is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.
2. noun. A despicable person.
3. noun. A houndfish.
4. noun. Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
5. noun. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
6. transitive verb. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
7. transitive verb. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
8. noun. any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
9. noun. someone who is morally reprehensible

   "you dirty dog"

   Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel

10. verb. pursue or chase relentlessly

    "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

    "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

    Synonyms: hunt, trace

Synonyms

blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel, hunt, trace

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hound:

hundo

Common word forms

hounds, hounded, hounder, hounding

Words from these letters

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