greyhound
/ˈɡɹeɪhaʊnd/
greyhound noun: a lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
Noun (1)
greyhound (plural greyhounds)
- A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
- Her young heart was full of love; and a world of kindly feelings were wasted on her delicate greyhound, her bright winged birds, and her favourite flowers.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 127
- A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.
- Synonyms:
- salty dog
- A swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer.
Verb
greyhound (third-person singular simple present greyhounds, present participle greyhounding, simple past and past participle greyhounded)
Noun (2) capitalized: Greyhound
Greyhound (plural Greyhounds)
- A bus run by Greyhound Lines.
- I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line / Because I'm in a New York state of mind1976, Billy Joel, “New York State of Mind”, in Turnstiles
greyhound meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
greyhound in Hindi
- ग्रेहाउंड, ग्रेहाउण्ड
greyhound in Tamil
- காம்பை நாய், வேட்டைநாய் வகை
greyhound in Marathi
- ग्रेहाऊंड, ग्रेहाउंड, ग्रेहाऊंडला
greyhound in Urdu
- سلوقی
More languagesFewer languages
- greyhound in Bengali
- গ্রেহাউন্ড, গ্রেহাউণ্ড, গ্রেহাউন্ডকে
- greyhound in Telugu
- గ్రేహౌండ్
- greyhound in Malayalam
- നായാട്ടുപട്ടി
- greyhound in Kannada
- ಗ್ರೇಹೌಂಡ್, ಗ್ರೆಹೌಂಡ್
- greyhound in Punjabi
- ਗ੍ਰੇਹਾਊਂਡ, ਗ੍ਰੇਹਾਉਂਡ, ਗਰੇਹਾਊਂਡ
- greyhound in Gujarati
- ગ્રેહાઉન્ડ, ગ્રેહૌન્ડ
- greyhound in Odia
- ଗ୍ରେହାଉଣ୍ଡ, ଗ୍ରେହାଉଣ୍ଡ୍, ଗ୍ରେହାଉଣ୍ଡକୁ
- greyhound in Nepali
- ग्रेहाउन्ड, ग्रेहाउण्ड, ग्रेहाउन्ड गर्न
- greyhound in Tagalog
- galgo
- greyhound in Malay
- anjing greyhound
Examples of greyhound in a sentence
- They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
- Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.
- Both aircraft began to lean forward against the brakes, like greyhounds ready for the 'off'.
Synonyms of greyhound
Forms of greyhound
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | greyhounds |
| alternative form | grayhound |
| plural | Greyhounds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | greyhounds |
| present participle | greyhounding |
| past participle | greyhounded |
| past | greyhounded |
Origin of greyhound
From Old English grīġhund, from a cognate or borrowing of Old Norse grøy (“bitch”) (whence Icelandic grey, thus not related to the colour grey) plus hund (“hound”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be grey + hound.
Words formed from greyhound
Phrases with greyhound
Questions about greyhound
- What does greyhound mean?
- Greyhound means a lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
- What is greyhound in Hindi?
- Greyhound in Hindi is ग्रेहाउंड, ग्रेहाउण्ड. See Greyhound meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is greyhound?
- Greyhound can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce greyhound?
- Greyhound is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪhaʊnd/.
- What is the plural of greyhound?
- The plural of greyhound is greyhounds.
Words near greyhound in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: greyhound (page history and authors); Greyhound (page history and authors); greyhound (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greyhound (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greyhound (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); greyhound (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); greyhound (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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