hangdog

== English == === Etymology === From hang +‎ dog. === Noun === hangdog (plural hangdogs) A base, degraded person. Synonyms: sneak, gallows bird; see also Thesaurus:gallows bird ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === hangdog (not comparable) Low; sneaking; ashamed. 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 16, page 180: Asper Argo, the Well-Beloved, Commdor of the Korellian Republic greeted his wife’s entry by a hangdog lowering of his scanty eyebrows. To her at least, his self-adopted epithet did not apply. Even he knew that. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hangdog (third-person singular simple present hangdogs, present participle hangdogging, simple past and past participle hangdogged) To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner. === Further reading === “hangdog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.