hound

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'Even if you do this, we'll protect you' and 'If you do this, we'll hound you forever'.

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Quick take

any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

Meaning at a glance

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noun

any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

noun

someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"

verb

pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hound.

noun

any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

noun

someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"

See also: cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, heel

verb

pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

Example sentences

'Even if you do this, we'll protect you' and 'If you do this, we'll hound you forever'.

He instantly turned from a progressive to a cash hound.

So far, I've gotten a sad old man, the west wind, a hound, a hag, and a young woman with flowing hair.

Don't hound him on mis pronunciations but feel free to correct him as you would a friend who is trying to learn English.

Timezone hell is, of course, followed up with the three-headed hound of locales, charmaps, and keyboard layouts.

Carmen Ortiz needs to go. She's a publicity hound just trying to make a name for herself rather than someone who actually respects the law.

Highly unlikely, on the other hand an animal like scent-hound might find such a thing interesting.

Unless, of course, the goal is to hound someone out of the community and make others less likely to participate, in which case that was an excellent comment.

So, clearly you're someone who doesn't use any hyperboles in his day-to-day life ... Anyway, here's just a sample of the comments about Ortiz here on HN:"Great to see Ortiz's office crash and burn""Carmen Ortiz needs to go. She's a publicity hound""Do not google "site:nl 2 girls 1 cup".

It appears that coverhound will almost work like an automated insurance agent, for example, give them your info once, and they'll check rates for you on a regular and recurring basis.

The thing that annoys me most about megaupload is that it was run by a scammy douchenozzle fraudster glory-hound who few people will feel sorry for, regardless of the ethics or legality of shutting down the site.

"* Google Glass:"The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut... As the scientist of the future moves about the laboratory or the field, every time he looks at something worthy of the record, he trips the shutter and in it goes.