Hound vs. Pester

Houndnoun

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

Pesterverb

(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.

Houndnoun

Any canine animal.

Pesterverb

To crowd together thickly.

Houndnoun

(by extension) Someone who seeks something.

Pesternoun

A bother or nuisance.

Houndnoun

(by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.

Pesterverb

To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.

‘We are pestered with mice and rats.’; ‘A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world.’;

Houndnoun

A despicable person.

Pesterverb

To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.

‘All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes.’;

Houndnoun

A houndfish.

Pesterverb

annoy persistently;

‘The children teased the boy because of his stammer’;

Houndnoun

Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.

Houndnoun

A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Houndverb

(transitive) To persistently harass.

‘He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.’;

Houndverb

(transitive) To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.

Houndnoun

A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc.

‘Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs.’;

Houndnoun

A despicable person.

Houndnoun

A houndfish.

Houndnoun

Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.

Houndnoun

A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Houndverb

To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.

Houndverb

To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.

Houndnoun

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

Houndnoun

someone who is morally reprehensible;

‘you dirty dog’;

Houndverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

‘The hunters traced the deer into the woods’; ‘the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him’;

Hound

A hound is a type of hunting dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.