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hound

  (hound)

1. 1. A domestic dog of any of various breeds commonly used for hunting, characteristically having drooping ears, a short coat, and a deep resonant voice.
   2. A dog.
2. A contemptible person; a scoundrel.
3. 1. One who eagerly pursues something: a gossip hound.
   2. A devotee or an enthusiast: a coffee hound.

1. To pursue relentlessly and tenaciously. See synonyms at harass.
2. To urge insistently; nag: hounded me until I agreed to cut my hair.

[Middle English, from Old English hund.]

verb

1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harass, harry, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See attack/defend.
2. To torment with persistent insult or ridicule: badger, bait, bullyrag, heckle, hector, taunt. Informal needle, ride. Idioms: wave the red flag in front of the bull. See treat well/treat badly/treat.

Definition: chase, badger
Antonyms: leave alone, leave in peace

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A hunting dog. There are two types: coursing hounds (Greyhound, Saluki, Afghan, Whippet) use their speed to hunt by eyesight, while tracking hounds (Bloodhound, Beagle, Foxhound) use scent.

For the fictional Transformers character Hound, see Hound (Transformers). For the record label, see Hound Records.

A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. Its abilities can be contrasted with gun dogs, which assist hunters by identifying the location of prey or retrievers which recover shot quarry.

There are three types of hound, with several breeds belonging to each type:

Type	Example
Sighthounds, which follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. This type of dog is very fast and will catch and kill game (hare, gazelle, deer) by itself.		Whippet
Scent hounds, which follow prey by tracking its scent. This type of dog has endurance, but they are not fast runners.		Basset Hound
The 'other' Hounds follow prey by sight and scent. These breeds are difficult to classify, and few fall into the sighthound or scenthound groups.		Rhodesian Ridgeback.

List of hound breeds

• Afghan Hound
• Artois Hound
• Azawakh
• Basenji
• Basset Bleu de Gascogne
• Basset Fauve de Bretagne
• Basset Griffon Vendéen (Grand)
• Basset Griffon Vendéen (Petit)
• Basset Hound
• Bavarian Mountain Hound
• Beagle
• Bloodhound
• Borzoi
• Cirneco dell'Etna
• Coonhound
• Dachshund
• Deerhound
• Estonian Hound
• Finnish Spitz
• Foxhound
• Grand Bleu de Gascogne
• Greyhound
• Hamiltonstovare
• Harrier
• Ibizan Hound
• Irish Wolfhound
• Kanni
• Combai
• Otterhound
• Pharaoh Hound
• Plott Hound
• Polish Hound
• Portuguese Podengo
• Rajapalayam (dog)
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Saluki
• Segugio Italiano
• Schweizer Laufhund
• Sloughi
• Whippet

Hounds
Scenthounds	Alpine Dachsbracke  · Anglo-Français de Petite Vénerie  · Ariegeois  · Artois Hound  · Basset Bleu de Gascogne  · Basset Fauve de Bretagne  · Basset Griffon Vendéen (Grand)  · Basset Griffon Vendéen (Petit)  · Basset Hound  · Bavarian Mountain Hound  · Beagle  · Beagle-Harrier  · Blackmouth Cur  · Black and Tan Coonhound  · Bloodhound  · Bluetick Coonhound  · Cirneco dell'Etna · Dachshund  · Drever  · English Coonhound  · Finnish Spitz  · Foxhound (American)  · Foxhound (English)  · Grand Bleu de Gascogne  · Hamiltonstovare  · Harrier  · Hungarian hound  · Ibizan Hound · Otterhound  · Pharaoh Hound  · Plott Hound  · Polish Hound  · Portuguese Podengo  · Segugio Italiano  · Schweizer Laufhund
Sighthounds	Afghan Hound  · American Staghound  · Azawakh  · Borzoi  · Chart Polski  · Chippiparai  · Galgo Español  · Greyhound  · Hortaya Borzaya  · Irish Wolfhound  · Italian Greyhound  · Kanni  · Longdog  · Lurcher  · Magyar Agar  · Mudhol Hound  · Rajapalayam  · Rampur Greyhound  · Saluki  · Scottish Deerhound  · Sloughi  · Whippet
Other hounds	Basenji  · Kombai  · Rhodesian Ridgeback  · Thai Ridgeback

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - jagthund
v. tr. - jage med hund, chikanere, plage

Nederlands (Dutch)
jachthond, verstokte jager, speurder, detective, journalist, mispunt, (met jachthonden) najagen, achternazitten, opjagen

Français (French)
n. - chien de chasse, chien courant, clébard, chasseur (d'autographes)
v. tr. - harceler, traquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hund
v. - nachjagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κυνηγόσκυλο, λαγωνικό, (μτφ.) κάθαρμα, παλιοτόμαρο
v. - (μτφ.) κυνηγώ, καταδιώκω, κατατρέχω, παροτρύνω

Italiano (Italian)
inseguire, braccare, cane da caccia, bracco, segugio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cão (m) de caça
v. - caçar

Русский (Russian)
охотничья собака, травить собаками, натравливать, выживать

Español (Spanish)
n. - perro de caza, sabueso
v. tr. - acosar, perseguir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (jakt)hund, lymmel, fantast
v. - jaga, förfölja, hetsa

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
猎犬, 追猎, 追逼, 紧追, 烦扰

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 獵犬
v. tr. - 追獵, 追逼, 緊追, 煩擾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사냥개, 비열한 사내, 열중하는 사람
v. tr. - 사냥개로 사냥하다, 맹렬하게 추적하다, 부추겨 뒤쫓게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 猟犬, 卑劣な男
v. - 追い回す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كلب, كلب صيد, شخص جدير بالازدراء, كلب البحر نوع صغير من سمك القرش, المولع بكذا (فعل) يتعقب, يطارد, يغري كلبا بالمطاردة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כלב-ציד, נבל, מנוול, אדם הרודף בלהיטות אחרי משהו‬
v. tr. - ‮הציק, רדף, צד‬

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