hound dog

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Noun

hound dog (plural hound dogs)

1. (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.

2. (slang) A promiscuous man.

Translations

any hound

• Finnish: ajokoira (fi), metsästyskoira (fi)

promiscuous man

• Finnish: pukki (fi), huoripukki (fi)