terrier

noun

ter·ri·er | \ ˈter-ē-ər

, ˈte-rē- \

Definition of terrier

: any of various usually small energetic dogs originally used by hunters to dig for small game and engage the quarry underground or drive it out

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Recent Examples on the Web Luckily, Cody, the Patriarcas' Labrador retriever, heard his sibling dog's screams and took action by scaring the coyote, causing the predator to drop the terrier from its mouth. — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022 At times Rylance’s Leonard has the eyes of an anxious terrier, wary and alert. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Mar. 2022 Quinn, my own eight-pound chihuahua/terrier mix, was a rescue. — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 23 Feb. 2022 Jasmine Trinca’s Marcel!, which sees Alba Rohrwacher’s eccentric artist actually searching for her beloved performing terrier (called, of course, Marcel). — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022 Archie, the 8-pound terrier, was off his leash, visiting other passengers in his train car, cheering them up, including the Salosalova family from the besieged port city of Mariupol. — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022 Bella's story starts in Saginaw Country, Michigan, where a postal worker found the pit bull terrier painfully tangled up in her tether in a yard with no food, water, or shelter. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 4 Apr. 2022 In one awkward moment, the man-sized terrier managed to knock the mask right off his costume. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2022 Police found the Staffordshire terrier on Sylvia Drive. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021 See More

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