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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.

• Animal Types and Parts - hound: any dog
• dog
• Fox Hunting - hound: breed of dog trained to pursue game by scent, used esp. in fox hunting; foxhound
• Hunting Equipment - hound: breed of dog trained to pursue game by scent, used esp. in fox hunting
• Opposition, Disagreement, and Attack - hound: (vb) harass or attack without respite

For other uses, see Hound (disambiguation).

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A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. It can be contrasted with the gun dog, which assists hunters by identifying the location of prey and/or recovers shot quarry.

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

Type	Example
Sighthounds (also called gazehounds), which follow prey predominantly by speed, keeping it in sight. These dogs are very fast and will catch and kill game (e.g., hares, gazelles, deer) by themselves.		Whippet
Scent hounds, which follow prey or others (like missing people) by tracking its scent. These dogs have endurance, but are not fast runners.		Basset Hound
The 'other' hounds follow prey by both sight and scent. These breeds are difficult to classify other than to say they are neither sighthounds nor scent hounds.		Rhodesian Ridgeback.

List of hound breeds

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See also: Hound Group

• Afghan Hound
• Africanis
• 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
• Black and Tan Beagle
• Black and Tan Coonhound
• Black and Tan Virginia Foxhound
• Bloodhound
• Bluetick Coonhound
• Boarhound
• Borzoi
• Cirneco dell'Etna
• Combai
• Coonhound
• Cretan Hound
• Dachshund
• Deerhound
• Dumfriesshire Hound
• Estonian Hound
• Finnish Hound
• Foxhound
• Gotland Hound
• German Shorthaired Pointer (GSP)
• Grand Bleu de Gascogne
• Greyhound
• Hamiltonstovare
• Harrier
• Hungarian Vizsla
• Ibizan Hound
• Italian Greyhound
• Irish Wolfhound
• Istrian Coarse-haired Hound
• Istrian Shorthaired Hound
• Kanni
• Kelb tal-Fenek
• Latvian Hound
• Lithuanian Hound
• Mudhol hound
• Norwegian Elkhound
• Otterhound
• Pharaoh Hound
• Piccolo Lepraiolo Italiano
• Plott Hound
• Polish Hound
• Portuguese Podengo
• Posavac Hound
• Rampur hound
• Rajapalayam (dog)
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Redbone Coonhound
• Saluki
• Segugio Italiano a Pelo Forte
• Segugio Italiano a Pelo Raso
• Segugio Maremmano
• Serbian Hound
• Serbian Tricolour Hound
• Schweizer Laufhund
• Scottish Deerhound
• Silken Windhound
• Sloughi
• Taigan
• Thai Ridgeback
• Tri-colored Beagle
• Whippet

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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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