Beagle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbiːɡəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beagle is a noun meaning A person who snoops on others; a detective.
Meaning
A person who snoops on others; a detective.
More Meanings
- A bailiff.
- A small kind of shark.
- To hunt with beagles.
- To search.
- 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.
Example Sentences
[…]Pope clapped his hand to his forehead and beagled like a maniac; he had clean forgotten Thorofare Gap.
[…] reading men who beagled for fresh air and exercise, impecunious hunting men who beagled for economy[…]
[…]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.
Word Forms
- beagles
- beagling
- beagled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include basset, harehound, bloodhound, foxhound, harrier, talbot.
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