"horndog" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-horndog.ogg [Australia] Forms: horndogs [plural]
Etymology: From the sexual sense of horn (late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came horny) + dog (“sexually aggressive man”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|horny}} horny, {{compound|en|horn|dog|pos1=late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">horny</i>|t2=sexually aggressive man}} horn (late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came horny) + dog (“sexually aggressive man”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} horndog (plural horndogs)
  1. (US, slang) A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): People, Sex Synonyms: horn dog, horn-dog Translations (man fixated on sex): kiimakolli (Finnish), huoripukki (Finnish), queutard [masculine] (French), chaud lapin [masculine] (French), geiler Bock [masculine] (German), Lustmolch [masculine] (German), καυλιάρης (kavliáris) [masculine] (Greek), חַרְמָן (kharmán) [masculine] (Hebrew), ヤリチン (yarichin) (Japanese), salido (Spanish), kåtbock [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-horndog-en-noun-Om3PzRJ0 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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