horndog

plural horndogs · alternative horn dog · alternative horn-dog

1. USslangA person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex.

   He’s not a horndog. And he’s not gonna be anybody’s white man if he doesn’t pay attention.

   2005, Bill Pronzini, Nightcrawlers

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   In addition, lest we forget, Clinton’s reputation as the world’s biggest horndog was by this time well known to all of us.

   2003, Eric Alterman, What Liberal Media?

   She jumped in his face and shouted, “Fuck off, horndog!” with such viciousness that he screamed and leaped back into the doorway, then meekly called “Sorry” after her as she passed.

   2004, Christopher Moore, Bloodsucking Fiends

   “I wanted to explore the sexiness and fun of that world and show that some gay lives thrived and flourished,” says Kijak. “Let’s be frank about it: he was a horndog!”

   2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, quoting Stephen Kijak, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN