bloodhound
pronunciation
How to pronounce bloodhound in British English:
UK [ˈblʌdhaʊnd]
How to pronounce bloodhound in American English:
US [ˈblʌdˌhaʊnd]
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- Noun:
- a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking
Word Origin
- bloodhound (n.)
- also blood-hound, type of large dog used in hunting, c. 1300, from blood (n.) + hound (n.).
Example
- 1. His long cadaverous face surveyed her from under his wig with drooping bloodhound eyes .
- 2. As holmes stalks the room , watson compares him to a bloodhound .
- 3. Some of our purebred pets like this bloodhound look like little mutants , and we love them , not in spite of their ugliness , but because of it .
- 4. The highlight of the past month has been the design conference at the bloodhound technical centre in bristol .
- 5. Wing cmdr green is writing a diary for the bbc news website about his experiences working on the bloodhound project and the team 's efforts to inspire national interest in science and engineering .