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- [woo lf-hound]
- /ˈwʊlfˌhaʊnd/
- /ˈwʊlf.haʊnd/
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- [woo lf-hound]
- /ˈwʊlfˌhaʊnd/
Definitions of wolfhound word
- noun wolfhound any of several large dogs used in hunting wolves. 1
- noun wolfhound A dog of a large breed originally used to hunt wolves. 1
- noun wolfhound breed of hunting dog 1
- countable noun wolfhound A wolfhound is a type of very large dog. 0
- noun wolfhound the largest breed of dog, used formerly to hunt wolves 0
- noun wolfhound Irish wolfhound 0
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Origin of wolfhound
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90; wolf + hound1
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Parts of speech for Wolfhound
noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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wolfhound popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wolfhound usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wolfhound
noun wolfhound
- hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
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