Definitions for greyhound

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Spelling: [grey-hound]
IPA: /ˈgreɪˌhaʊnd/

Greyhound is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in greyhound (deghnoruy).

Definitions for greyhound

noun

  1. one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
  2. a swift ship, especially a fast ocean liner.

Origin of greyhound

before 1000; Middle English greihund, grehund, grihund, Old English grīghund Old Norse greyhundr; compare Old Norse grey bitch; see hound1

Examples for greyhound

Lewis and fellow civil rights activists were beaten by a mob after arriving at Montgomery's greyhound station in May 1961.

Then he took to long, greyhound leaps and we had to chase him.

A white figure had turned the road by the sundial, and was coming on with the step of a greyhound.

He was a slight man with the face and figure of a greyhound.

His presidential campaign did not immediately return a request for comment on his greyhound racing stance as governor.

There is nothing worse than people getting off a greyhound bus, and being presented with a pretentious art work.

She lives in the same house as Pixel, our Italian greyhound, who is something of a celebrity in Oaxaca.

At 13, two friends and I convinced our parents to let us to take a greyhound bus to Louisville to visit my aunts and uncles.

Whereat Hugh cheered and laughed, and ran off like a greyhound.

She strained at the warps that held her like a greyhound at its leash.

Word Value for greyhound
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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