horn-dog

A form of horndog — A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex.

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Meanings

nounhorn-dog (plural horn-dogs)

plural horn-dogs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of horndog.

    “Eighty-something, and he’s even more of a horn-dog since Pfizer foisted Viagra on the world.”

    2004, Kelly Lange, Dead File
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    The right wing insisted President Clinton was the anti-Christ because he broke the commandment “Thou shall not commit adultery.” And it’s true that Clinton was a cheating, lying horn-dog.

    2001, Susan Jane Gilman, Kiss My Tiara

    “There’s nothing wrong with me or my abilities other than the fact that I’m not a horn-dog. I would rather get to know a woman first before I take my clothes off in front of her.”

    2004, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kiss of the Night
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APA

horn-dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horn-dog

MLA

“horn-dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horn-dog. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horn-dog,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horn-dog.

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