basset hound

noun

bas·​set hound ˈba-sət- 

: any of an old breed of short-legged hunting dogs of French origin having very long ears and a short smooth coat

called also basset

Illustration of basset hound

Examples of basset hound in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Attendees included the pair's son Charlie, their two basset hounds and David's daughter Coco. —Sarah Title, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023

Animal: Bruno, 2-year-old, 63-pound, male basset hound mix. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023

Ree Drummond has lost a beloved member of her family: her basset hound, Walter. —Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023

Charlie, another basset hound who was the subject of a series of books written by the star, died of lymphoma in 2017. —Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023

Then Pepper brought up his 65-pound basset hound. —Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2021

The exuberant basset hound that spent most of his life so far in New York is now an island boy. —Joe Sills, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023

Fasuna is one of the 15 staff members participating in the training and certification process with her basset hound, Mollie. —Kaitlin Mikrut, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023

So, join the gang—Skip, Donna, Moondoggie, Crisco, and Cairo the vegan basset hound—for this episode of our ongoing, if not regularly occurring, series about shopping for cars on the Internet. —John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023

Word History

Etymology

French basset, from Middle French, from basset short, from bas low — more at base entry 3

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

basset hound

noun

bas·​set hound ˈbas-ət- 

: any of an old French breed of short-legged long-eared hunting dogs

called also basset