beagle
suomi-englanti sanakirjabeagle englannista suomeksi
beagle
beagle englanniksi
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.
A person who snoops on others; a detective.
2002, Susan Isaacs, ''Long Time No See'', page 243
- (..)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.
A bailiff.
A small kind of shark.
1933, Charles Pascoe Hawkes, ''Heydays: a salad of memories and impressions'', page 20
- (..) reading men who beagled for fresh air and exercise, impecunious hunting men who beagled for economy(..)
To search.
1997, Fletcher Pratt, ''A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire'', page 150
- (..)Pope clapped his hand to his forehead and beagled like a maniac; he had clean forgotten Thorofare Gap.
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