English Explanatory Dictionary

horndog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

En-au-horndog.ogg

Word forms

horndog horndogs horn dog horn-dog

Etymology

From the sexual sense of horn (late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came horny) + dog (“sexually aggressive man”).

Derived words

horndoggery
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