bluetick
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- noun
- /ˈbluːtɪk/
- US
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bluetick
- We adopted a bluetick that loves to roam the fields and track rabbits.
Examples
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Edna recognized the bluetick markings, but the dogs seemed smaller, somehow, than their dogs.
Fiction book (2000) -
When I was a boy, my family always had hunting dogs, always bird dogs, once a couple of blueticks, and for six years anywhere from six to fifteen beagles.
Fiction book (2002) -
You remember Dumpling, that old bluetick we had?
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Three thousand dollars' worth of bluetick mixes running loose in the woods somewhere.
Fiction book (2000) -
Maybe the tow truck would follow, like a bluetick chained to a dogbox.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our Ohio team works with a rescued bloodhound along with a bluetick coonhound.
Blog text (17) -
Bluetick and redbone howlers and criers.
Fiction book (2000) -
Beagles, someone there realized they were Bluetick Coonhound puppies (or mixes).
Blog text (5) -
We had us a cow, but the raiders came over the mountain and took it back in the summer, burnt down what little shed of a barn there was, robbed the bee gums, and took a hatchet and broke open a bluetick hound we had right out there on the porch to scare me.
Fiction book (1997) -
The bluetick chased after the scent in the tall grass, showing its signature hunting skills.
Synonyms
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A dog used for hunting with long ears and a very good nose
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bluetick comes from the dog's look: blue for its bluish color and tick for the many small 'spots' on its white coat. That's why a bluetick is the name of a hound known for that blue-speckled coat and for hunting with speed and endurance.