HOW TO PRONOUNCE
greyhound
/ˈɡɹeɪˌhaʊnd/
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What does greyhound mean?
noun
- A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
- A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.
verb
- To leap rapidly across the surface of the water.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A bus run by Greyhound Lines.
- (dated) A swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɹeɪˌhaʊnd/
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It was a dog-wheel, a huge revolving box in which the unhappy black greyhound spent most of his waking hours.
My horse was not above medium size, but he was alert, slender-limbed, muscled with watchsprings, and just a greyhound to go.
More book examples (3)
The second thigh is long and well developed as in a Greyhound, and the hocks set low, turning neither out nor in.
Two large shaggy dogs, half greyhound half mastiff, stood ready to rush upon the traveller as soon as the door should be opened.
The race-horse is, perhaps, generally superior to the greyhound on level ground, but the greyhound would have the advantage in a hilly country.