Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloodhound

/ˈblʌd.haʊnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: blood-hound
IPA: /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.

noun

A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.

Informal

noun

A bloodthirsty person.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase the first tier of bloodhounds."
"For now the despot’s blood-hounds with their prey, Unarmed and unaware, were gorging deep Their gluttony of death; the loose array Of horsemen o’er the wide fields murdering sweep, And with loud laughter for their tyrant reap A harvest sown with other hopes; […]"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood + hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: blodhound

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bloodhounds (plural) blood-hound (alternative) bloudhound (alternative) bloud-hound (alternative)

Derived Forms

bloodhounding bloodhoundish

Synonyms

sleuthhound

Questions

How do you pronounce bloodhound?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/.
What does bloodhound mean?: A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
Where does bloodhound come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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