beagle
Americannoun
noun
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a small sturdy breed of hound, having a smooth dense coat usually of white, tan, and black; often used (esp formerly) for hunting hares
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archaic a person who spies on others
verb
Etymology
Origin of beagle
1490–1500; perhaps < Middle French beegueule one who whines insistently, equivalent to bee, 3rd person singular of beer to be open, gape (by-form of bayer ( see bay 2) + gueule mouth (of an animal); see gullet
Example Sentences
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“He said he worked for a referral service and the lawsuit needed enough participants to go through,” said Beagle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
Barker and Beagle said that after memorizing the card with the basics of their story, they were taken upstairs to a room at DTLA’s office where about 20 people were waiting.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
As the “Alien: Earth” trailer revealed, five specimens were picked up by the Maginot, which Knox-Johnston compared to Charles Darwin’s Beagle expedition.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
Another was Cyttaria dawinii, a small globular parasitic fungus collected by Charles Darwin in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in South America during the HMS Beagle voyage between 1831 and 1836.
From BBC • May 18, 2025
His voyage had lasted almost five years; he had been the naturalist on the HMS Beagle, a British surveying ship.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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