hound
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Is hound a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of hound?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (by extension) Someone who seeks something.Examples: "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."broadly
2. (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.Examples: ""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.""broadly
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To persistently harass doggedly.Examples: "He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan."; "More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded."Synonyms: badger, bait, badger, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, persecute, bugtransitive
2. (transitive) To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.Examples: "We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it."transitive
noun (English)
1. (nautical, in the plural) Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.in-plural
Definition source: Wiktionary