hound dog
Chiefly Southern U.S. Dialect. hound1 (def. 1).
Slang. hound1 (def. 3).
Hound Dog, Military. a jet-propelled air-to-ground missile designed to be launched from B-52 aircraft and having nuclear capability.
Origin of hound dog
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How to use hound dog in a sentence
There isn't much left of me but hound dog, but even a hound dog will bite if you kick him hard enough.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeIt was the voice of a hound dog—not so awful loud, but clear and mellow and tuneful, and carried to us on the wind.
Danny's Own Story | Don MarquisThe hound-dog came up and sat down to kick a patch of flea-invaded territory which lay behind his left ear.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonSuddenly a big hound dog that had crept up behind a near-by wagon roared his challenge and rushed the cat.
We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run | James Arthur KjelgaardIn fifty years breeding from the best, these dogs are all that are needed in a hound dog.
Hunting Dogs | Oliver Hartley
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