hound dog
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Noun
hound dog (plural hound dogs)
- (Southern US, dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound.
- 1956, “Hound Dog”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (revised by Elvis Presley) (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley:
- You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine.
- (slang) A promiscuous man.
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any hound
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promiscuous man
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