Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gun dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: gun -dog
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various breeds of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game; an individual of such a breed.

Inflected Forms

gun dogs (plural) gundog (alternative)

Synonyms

sporting dog

Questions

What does gun dog mean?: Any of various breeds of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game; an individual of such a breed.

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