hound-dog
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To aggressively, relentlessly, or single-mindedly pursue something, often a person for romantic or sexual interest.
Intransitive verb; Slang; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Taylor denied that McCann asked where he was supposed to turn his gear in, but agreed that he asked the real reason why McCann quit, to which McCann answered he felt like he was being hound-dogged too much."
- "And you get a lesson in turkey behavior by hound-dogging the footsteps of these shrewd giants."
- ""Oh, nothing at all. I’ve been hounddogging this mob for what, four, five years?""
- "She tapped her toe anxiously. "You ought to be hound-dogging the murderer instead of terrorizing little old ladies.""
- "The night-fighters hound-dogged the three bombers for over a hundred miles but never managed to pull within effective firing range."