Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A devilish person; a fiend.
- noun Greek Mythology Cerberus, the watchdog of Hades.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dog of hell; an agent of hell; a hellish person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mythology A
demonic dog ofHell , typically of unnaturally large size, strength or speed, black fur, glowing eyes, andghostly orphantom characteristics.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
- noun a very evil man
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Examples
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The money came from her paternal grandfather, Henry Huttleston Rogers, a Standard Oil founder called the "hellhound of Wall Street."
She Wore It Well Amy Finnerty 2011
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Or in this case, perhaps calling a hellhound a hellhound.
Think Progress » NBC To Feature Coulter On Tonight Show 2006
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Note 1: According to the Webster online dictionary a hellhound is a "dog of hell, named Cerberus in Greek and Roman mythology, the three-headed dog guarding the gate of Hades".
Hell Hound On My Trail Robert Johnson 1937
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But the "hellhound" who rightly remains the book's centerpiece -- Sides draws his title from a 1937 Robert Johnson blues ballad -- is of course Ray.
Book review: 'Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin,' by Hampton Sides David J. Garrow 2010
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Wasn't Rachel Summers called a "hellhound" or something like that in the future where she came from?
Snark Free Corner for 5/20 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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A large black dog dubbed a 'hellhound' has been sighted around Cannock Chase.
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I will dial up some ghost with a grudge and send it like a hellhound against all who have wronged me.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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He exposed and identified the origin of the psychological problem he called a “hellhound” that had visited untold harm on and eroded the confidence of millions of people.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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I will dial up some ghost with a grudge and send it like a hellhound against all who have wronged me.
The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011
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He exposed and identified the origin of the psychological problem he called a “hellhound” that had visited untold harm on and eroded the confidence of millions of people.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
chained_bear commented on the word hellhound
I always think of Richard III (though the real guy wasn't nearly like Shakespeare's depiction). In the play, former Queen Margaret (of Anjou) curses Richard's mother:
"From forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept
A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death:
That dog, that had his teeth before his eyes,
To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood,
That foul defacer of God's handiwork,
That excellent grand tyrant of the earth
That reigns in gallèd eyes of weeping souls,
Thy womb let loose to chase us to our graves."
Oh no, she DI'N'T!!
October 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hellhound
Wow. So Queen Margaret probably wasn't invited to the baby shower, then.
October 28, 2007