bluetick

noun

blue·​tick ˈblü-ˌtik 

: any of a breed of tricolor coonhounds of American origin having the white areas of the coat usually heavily ticked with black

Examples of bluetick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her ancestry includes a portion of bloodhound, another of black-and-tan hound, and just a dash of bluetick. —Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

Smokey, the Vols’ lovely bluetick coonhound mascot and the rest of the pups, had to be covering their eyes at this one, only made worse as this was the only FBS-FCS matchup of the entire weekend. —Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022

Dixie, a bluetick coonhound, just cannot shut up at the least opportune times. —Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020

And is there anything better than a good bluetick coonhound? —Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 4 Nov. 2020

Warming up, the young receiver caught a pass that took him out of bounds and into the neighborhood of a certain bluetick coonhound. —Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 29 June 2020

Prior to home games the entire Volunteers football team is led onto the field by Smokey, a bluetick coonhound. —Torrey Hart, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019

An officer found a stray bluetick coonhound with no identification. —Washington Post, 6 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bluetick

• broomstick
• dipstick
• homesick
• joystick
• lipstick
• nonstick
• pickwick
• picnic
• redbrick
• seasick
• sidekick
• slapstick