hangdog
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hangdog
Where it comes from
From hang + dog.
noun hangdogs
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A base, degraded person.
Similar: sneak, gallows bird, crack-hemp, crack-rope, gallows, hang dog, hangdog, hempie, scapegallows, slip-halter, wag-halter
adjective
- Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
verb hangdogs · hangdogging · hangdogged
- To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner. With a twenty-one to three victory, Pinewood high-stepped it off the field while our Falcons hangdogged their way to the locker room.
Talk about this word "hangdog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hangdog. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hangdog. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hangdog "hangdog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hangdog.Cite this
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title = {hangdog},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hangdog},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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