basset
/ˈbasɪt
/(also basset hound)
noun
A sturdy hunting dog of a breed with a long body, short legs, and long drooping ears.In my experience, the basset and Rottweilers are great apartment dogs....
- He stroked the short, bristled fur of his basset hound.
- The girl, who had been drawing her hands down her face in worry, stopped mid-action causing her eyes to droop like those of a basset hound.
Origin
Early 17th century: from French, diminutive of bas 'low', from medieval Latin bassus 'short'.
Rhymes
- thebe
- the be-all and end-all
- the Bear
- the Beatitudes
- the beautiful game
- the beautiful people
- the Beehive
- the bee's knees
- the beginning of the end
- the benefit of the doubt
- the Berg
- the Bermudas
- Thebes
- the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley
- the best of both (or all possible) worlds
- the best of three (or five etc.)
- the best (or the pick) of the bunch
- the best part of
- the better part of
- the better to ——
- the betting is
- the Bible
- the Big Board
- the big boys
- the Big C