hound dog

Questions about hound dog

What does hound dog mean?

hound dog means "any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears".

What is another word for hound dog?

Close synonyms include hound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hound dog a common word?

hound dog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.