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sausage hound

sausage hound

7.7
A small dog with a long body and short legs, a dachshund
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔsɪdʒ haʊnd/
  • UK
translation icon : perro salchicha
  • At the park, several people stopped to pet the adorable sausage hound in her bright red sweater.

Examples

  • Their new pet is a mischievous sausage hound who loves to dig in the garden.

  • He couldn't help laughing when his sausage hound chased after the bigger dogs.

  • My friend has a sausage hound named Max.

  • Is that a sausage hound I see?

  • At the park, several people stopped to pet the adorable sausage hound in her bright red sweater.

  • He couldn't help laughing when his sausage hound chased after the bigger dogs.

  • Their new pet is a mischievous sausage hound who loves to dig in the garden.

Synonyms

dachshund
vssausage hound
15 4.4

A small dog with a long body, short legs, and long ears bred to hunt animals in burrows

is a casual informal label that omits those formal details
wiener dog
vssausage hound
  • Informal
1 3.1

A small dog with a long body and short legs often kept as a pet

is another informal name differing only in wording not meaning
sausage dog
vssausage hound
  • UK
3.5

A small dog with a long body and short legs

is another informal name with different wording but same meaning

Surface Forms

sausage hound singular
sausage hounds plural

Morphology

sausage + hound

This is a descriptive compound where 'sausage' modifies 'hound' to indicate a dog resembling a sausage in shape; a B1 learner who knows both constituent words can readily infer a long, low dog (i.e. a dachshund). The metaphor is transparent and cross-linguistically common (e.g. 'sausage dog' / 'perro salchicha'), so the meaning is derivable without prior exposure.

Etymology

The name sausage hound comes from the dog's long, thin body, which looks like a sausage, and from hound, a word for a dog. That's why sausage hound is a playful name for a 'dachshund' today.