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/ˈbiːɡəl/ · noun
A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet..
[…]whereas burying a body in the wooded area beyond the backyard was the quickest way to make a Nassau County Police Department beagle look good.
[…] reading men who beagled for fresh air and exercise, impecunious hunting men who beagled for economy[…]
[…]Pope clapped his hand to his forehead and beagled like a maniac; he had clean forgotten Thorofare Gap.
Use beagle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beagle means A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]whereas burying a body in the wooded area beyond the backyard was the quickest way to make a Nassau County Police Department beagle look good.
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