horndog
noun
horndog is spelled H-O-R-N-D-O-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, horndog means “A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of horndog is horndogs.
How many letters and syllables are in horndog?
| Letters | 7: H-O-R-N-D-O-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is horndog?
Horndog appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce horndog?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-horndog.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of horndog
- horndogs plural
- horn dog
- horn-dog
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does horndog mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USslangA person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Horndog in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense man fixated on sex:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | queutard, chaud lapin |
| German | geiler Bock, Geilspecht, Lüstling, Lustmolch |
| Spanish | salido, cachondo, lujurioso |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does horndog come from?
From the sexual sense of horn (late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came horny) + dog (“sexually aggressive man”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).