Beagle
pronunciation
How to pronounce Beagle in British English:
UK ['bi:ɡl]
How to pronounce Beagle in American English:
US ['biɡl]
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- Noun:
- a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
Word Origin
- beagle
- beagle: [15] The likeliest source of beagle appears to be Old French becgueule ‘noisy person’ (the supposition is that the dog had the term applied to it because of its loud bark). Becgueule itself was probably a compound formed from beer ‘gape, yawn’ (source also of English abash and abeyance and, in its later form bayer, of English bay ‘recessed area’) and gueule ‘throat’ (related to English gullet).=> abash, abeyance, bay, bullet
- beagle (n.)
- late 15c., of unknown origin, possibly from French becguele "noisy person," literally "gaping throat," from bayer "open wide" (see bay (n.2)) + gueule "mouth" (see gullet).
Example
- 1. By day , tagon looks like any other beagle .
- 2. The beagle sailed down the east coast of south america .
- 3. The beagle was refitted with new timber planking and copper hull .
- 4. Dog bark park inn is a bed & breakfast guest house inside the world 's biggest beagle .
- 5. Guests enter the body of the beagle from a private 2nd story deck .