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Breed of dog
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beagle
Alternative clues for the word beagle
Word definitions for beagle in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A small short-legged smooth-coated hound, often used for hunting hares. Often tri-coloured, its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet. 2 A person who snoops on others; a detective. vb. To hunt with beagles.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., of unknown origin, possibly from French becguele "noisy person," literally "gaping throat," from bayer "open wide" (see bay (n.2)) + gueule "mouth" (see gullet ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Beagle is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County 's light rail network, located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania . The street level stop is designed as a small commuter stop, serving area residents who walk to the train so they can be taken toward ...
Usage examples of beagle.
There was a second call for Pewamo as Villiers, in search of Torve, came upon Admiral Beagle jumping up and down and yelling about barbarism, and Torve blandly nodding in time to his jumps.
Admiral Beagle looked at Torve with considerable suspicion, but made no objection to his departure.
His wife having given him permission, Admiral Beagle fancied himself a strong man, and he sometimes passed for one outside her company.
Admiral Beagle arrived on Binkin Island in the afternoon shuttle from Pewamo Central.
It took Admiral Beagle twenty minutes to negotiate the mile to the resort, and when he came up the last hill, his case a heavy weight in his hand, his heart and lungs and legs all feeling strain, for the moment his attention was diverted from thoughts of redress and retribution.
A little man with a gray mustache and matching sweater was sitting and rocking on the veranda when Admiral Beagle took the steps.
Admiral Beagle, who made conversational points with his feet that other men make with voice or hands, nudged him with a shoe.
When the silence had grown long enough, Admiral Beagle, who was not altogether a dull man, got the point.
When he turned again, Villiers was nowhere in sight and Admiral Beagle was approaching.
Admiral Beagle was intermittently visible through trees below and to their right.
So Admiral Beagle found himself walking through the shadowed grass, feeling ponderous, seething, but keeping tally.
As he joined them, Admiral Beagle looked back over his shoulder at Torve.
Villiers was standing uncomfortably close to Admiral Beagle as he spoke.
Admiral Beagle had flinched when Villiers had made his presentations and that had not escaped notice.
At last, slowly, Admiral Beagle rose from behind his rocks, and apprehension, curiosity and wonder were reaffirmed.