hellhound
pronunciation
How to pronounce hellhound in British English:
UK ['helhaʊnd]
How to pronounce hellhound in American English:
US ['helˌhaʊnd]
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- Noun:
- a very evil man
- (Greek mythology) 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
Word Origin
- hellhound (n.)
- also hell-hound, "wicked person;" also "Cerberus," Old English hellehund; see hell + hound.
Example
- 1. The fight against the hellhound only lasted five minutes .
- 2. There , right behind me , was a hellhound .
- 3. In his entertaining new book , " the hellhound of wall street " , michael perino recounts how ferdinand pecora , the tenacious and theatrical chief counsel to the senate committee on banking and currency , altered that impression .