Hound
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

NAG
An old or over-worked horse

DOG
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"

DUN
Horse of a dull brownish grey color

BUG
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

CUR
An inferior dog or one of mixed breed

FAN
A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

GUN
A professional killer who uses a gun

IRK
Irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

PIG
Domestic swine

PUG
Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle

RUN
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

TAG
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

VEX
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

NUT
Egyptian goddess of the sky

CAD
Software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

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HEEL
The lower end of a ship's mast

BAIT
Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

BUFF
A medium to dark tan color

BULL
A serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"

CHOW
Breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China

HUNT
The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

FASH

FOWL
A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

FRET
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

HAWK
Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

JACK
Male donkey

MIFF
Cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me"

PICK
The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

PROD
Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

PULI

PULL
The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"

PUSH
An effort to advance; "the army made a push toward the sea"

RIDE
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car"

RILE
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

ROIL
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

SEEK
The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

TAIL
The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

TYKE
A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

WORM
Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

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ANNOY
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

BEAST
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

BEDOG

BOXER
A breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

BULLY
A hired thug

CHASE
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"

CHIVY
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

DEMON
Someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"

DEVIL
A word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"

DRIVE
The act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

EGGON
Urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

FIEND
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill

FREAK
Lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"

GRIND
The act of grinding to a powder or dust

GRIPE
Complain; "What was he hollering about?"

HARRY
Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

HAUNT
A frequently visited place

HIEON

HOUND
Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

HUSKY
Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

HYENA
Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

LOVER
A person who loves someone or is loved by someone

NUDZH

PEEVE
An annoyed or irritated mood

PIQUE
Tightly woven fabric with raised cords

QUEST
Express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"

SCOLD
Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

SHOOT
The act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

SKUNK
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

SNAKE
Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

SPORT
Someone who engages in sports

STALK
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

START
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

SWINE
Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

TEASE
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

TRACK
Carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"

TRAIL
Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

VIPER
Venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

WHELP
Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

WORRY
Touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"

ADICT

TRACE
A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

POOCH
Informal terms for dogs

BESET
Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

CORGI
Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head

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AFGHAN
A coat made of sheepskin

BASSET
Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears

PESTER
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

BADGER
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

ZEALOT
A fervent and even militant proponent of something

ADDICT
Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

HARASS
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

BEAGLE
A small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound

ANIMAL
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement

BARBET
Small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

BORZOI
Tall fast-moving dog breed

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

BOWWOW

BURNUP
Use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"