Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog of a tall slender breed having a narrow head and a smooth coat. It was originally bred to hunt fast prey and is often used for racing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tall, very slender, fleet dog, kept for the chase, remarkable for the symmetrical strength and beauty of its form, its keen sight, and its great fleetness.
- noun Figuratively, a fast-sailing ship, especially an ocean passenger-steamship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments.
- noun A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lean breed ofdog used in hunting andracing . - noun A
highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice. - verb of fish To leap rapidly across the surface of the water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cylart was sometimes referred to as being a greyhound, but only because any large dog who was not too square or bulky was often called a greyhound at that time in much the same way that many people today refer to all breeds of northern dogs with bushy hair, a pointed face, pricked ears, and a plumed tail that is carried curved over its back as a “Husky”.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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Cylart was sometimes referred to as being a greyhound, but only because any large dog who was not too square or bulky was often called a greyhound at that time in much the same way that many people today refer to all breeds of northern dogs with bushy hair, a pointed face, pricked ears, and a plumed tail that is carried curved over its back as a “Husky”.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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Cylart was sometimes referred to as being a greyhound, but only because any large dog who was not too square or bulky was often called a greyhound at that time in much the same way that many people today refer to all breeds of northern dogs with bushy hair, a pointed face, pricked ears, and a plumed tail that is carried curved over its back as a “Husky”.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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Cylart was sometimes referred to as being a greyhound, but only because any large dog who was not too square or bulky was often called a greyhound at that time in much the same way that many people today refer to all breeds of northern dogs with bushy hair, a pointed face, pricked ears, and a plumed tail that is carried curved over its back as a “Husky”.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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One oversized handler has a pencil-thin Italian greyhound at the end of a leash.
WORLDMag.com 2009
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Weighing up to 80 tons and almost twice the length of a school bus, the massive fin whale -- known as the greyhound of the sea for its swimming speed -- was the victim of decades of commercial slaughter that killed the whales by the tens of thousands each year.
Joel Reynolds: Sanction Iceland, the World's Whaling Outlaw Joel Reynolds 2011
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Weighing up to 80 tons and almost twice the length of a school bus, the massive fin whale -- known as the greyhound of the sea for its swimming speed -- was the victim of decades of commercial slaughter that killed the whales by the tens of thousands each year.
Joel Reynolds: Sanction Iceland, the World's Whaling Outlaw Joel Reynolds 2011
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Weighing up to 80 tons and almost twice the length of a school bus, the massive fin whale -- known as the greyhound of the sea for its swimming speed -- was the victim of decades of commercial slaughter that killed the whales by the tens of thousands each year.
Joel Reynolds: Sanction Iceland, the World's Whaling Outlaw Joel Reynolds 2011
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Weighing up to 80 tons and almost twice the length of a school bus, the massive fin whale -- known as the greyhound of the sea for its swimming speed -- was the victim of decades of commercial slaughter that killed the whales by the tens of thousands each year.
Joel Reynolds: Sanction Iceland, the World's Whaling Outlaw Joel Reynolds 2011
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The tail of a greyhound is his rudder and his brake, and the sight is most laughable when a whole pack of them are trying to stop, each tail whirling around like a Dutch windmill.
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe
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