greyhound

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/ˈɡɹeɪhaʊnd/

noun

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

Similar
salty dog
OriginOld English grīġhund →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

greyhound1

noungreyhound (plural greyhounds)

plural greyhounds · alternative US uncommon grayhound

  1. 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
  2. A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.

    Synonyms: salty dog

  3. datedA swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer.
verbgreyhound (third-person singular simple present greyhounds, present participle greyhounding, simple past and past participle greyhounded)

present singular third person greyhounds · participle present greyhounding · participle past greyhounded · past greyhounded · alternative US uncommon grayhound

  1. transitivebiologyOf fish, to leap rapidly across the surface of the water.

Greyhound2

nounGreyhound (plural Greyhounds)

plural Greyhounds

  1. 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 mind

    1976, Billy Joel, “New York State of Mind”, in Turnstiles

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.

Similar
salty dog
Also see
grewhound

Origin

  1. Old Englishgrīġhund
  2. Englishgreyhound

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 and so in the form grayhound by analogy.

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Translations

Bulgarian хрътка
  • хрътка (hrătka)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Catalan llebrer
  • llebrerlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Chinese Mandarin 灰獵犬 /灰猎犬, 灰狗
  • 灰獵犬 /灰猎犬 (huīlièquǎn)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • 灰狗 (huīgǒu)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • 靈𤟥 /灵𤟥 (língtí)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Czech anglický chrt
  • anglický chrtlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Dutch windhond
  • windhondlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Esperanto leporhundo
  • leporhundolean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Finnish englanninvinttikoira, greyhound
  • englanninvinttikoiralean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • greyhoundlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
French lévrier, levrette
  • lévrierlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • levrettelean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
German Windhund, Windhundrüde
  • Windhundlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • Windhundrüdelean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • Windhündinlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • Windhundwelpelean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Irish cú
  • cúlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Italian levriero, levriere
  • levrierolean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • levrierelean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Japanese グレーハウンド, グレイハウンド
  • グレーハウンド (gurēhaundo)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • グレイハウンド (gureihaundo)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Latvian kurts
  • kurtslean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Malay anjing greyhound
  • anjing greyhoundlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Polish chart
  • chartlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Portuguese galgo
  • galgolean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Russian борза́я, грейха́унд
  • борза́я (borzája)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • грейха́унд (grɛjxáund)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Scottish Gaelic mial-chù, cù-gorm
  • mial-chùlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • cù-gormlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Slovak chrt
  • chrtlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Spanish galgo
  • galgolean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Tagalog galgo
  • galgolean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Turkish tazı
  • tazılean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Ukrainian хорт
  • хорт (xort)lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Welsh milgi, miliast
  • milgilean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
  • miliastlean breed of dog used in hunting and racing
Cite this entry
APA

greyhound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greyhound

MLA

“greyhound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greyhound. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greyhound,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greyhound.

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