: any of a breed of tricolor coonhounds of American origin having the white areas of the coat usually heavily ticked with black
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Her ancestry includes a portion of bloodhound, another of black-and-tan hound, and just a dash of bluetick.
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Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Smokey, the Vols’ lovely bluetick coonhound mascot and the rest of the pups, had to be covering their eyes at this one, only made worse as this was the only FBS-FCS matchup of the entire weekend.
—Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
Dixie, a bluetick coonhound, just cannot shut up at the least opportune times.
—Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
And is there anything better than a good bluetick coonhound?
—Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2020
Prior to home games the entire Volunteers football team is led onto the field by Smokey, a bluetick coonhound.
—Torrey Hart, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
An officer found a stray bluetick coonhound with no identification.
—Washington Post, 6 June 2017
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Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Smokey, the Vols’ lovely bluetick coonhound mascot and the rest of the pups, had to be covering their eyes at this one, only made worse as this was the only FBS-FCS matchup of the entire weekend.
—Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
Dixie, a bluetick coonhound, just cannot shut up at the least opportune times.
—Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
And is there anything better than a good bluetick coonhound?
—Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2020
Prior to home games the entire Volunteers football team is led onto the field by Smokey, a bluetick coonhound.
—Torrey Hart, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
An officer found a stray bluetick coonhound with no identification.
—Washington Post, 6 June 2017
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“Bluetick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluetick. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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