Meaning

3 senses

  1. A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

    Windhund, Windhundrüde, Windhündin

    борза́яborzája, грейха́ундgrɛjxáund

    хортxort

    a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

  2. A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.

  3. (dated)A swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Each son had raised two greyhounds.

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  2. Sami's dog is much larger than a greyhound.

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  3. Greyhounds have higher levels of red blood cells than other breeds.

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  4. Sami had a greyhound.

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  5. Ziri has a greyhound.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Old English grīġhund, from a cognate or borrowing of Old Norse grøy (“bitch”) (whence

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.

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Forms

plural: greyhounds

Synonyms

1 synonyms
highball cocktail:salty dog

Word family

3 related words
Derivedgreycinggreyhoundlikegreyhound racing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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