Meaning & use
Horndog
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A person, especially a man, who is persistently and openly interested in sex (informal).
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The sitcom's running joke is that the neighbor is a hopeless horndog.
He got a reputation as a horndog after flirting with everyone at the party.
A note on using this word
"Horndog" is American slang, combining "horny" with "dog"; it's casual and best avoided in formal writing.
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