SPORTING DOG Synonyms

• someone who fights with his fists for sport

• a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China

• a workman employed to pack things into containers

• a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

• a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting

• attack viciously and ferociously

• throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo

• a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland

• either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head

• small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows

• a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

• any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog

• a mark to indicate a direction or relation

• an indicator as on a dial

• (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions

• a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game

• an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs

• a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

• old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs

• one who sets written material into type

• a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point

• a clergyman who watches over a group of people

• a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock

• watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

• tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats

• any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears

• any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

• the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves

• a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns