1. greyhound - Noun
2. greyhound - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBy nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound. Adam Smith
I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter. Nikolai Gogol
I took a Greyhound bus to New York and stayed at the YMCA, fifty cents a night. I took my stories around to a dozen publishers. Nobody wanted them. They said, We don't publish stories. Nobody reads them. Don't you have a novel? Ray Bradbury
It is the nature of the greyhound to carry a long tail. Portuguese Proverb
Fast as the hare runs, the greyhound outruns her, since he catches her. Spanish Proverb
A greyhound finds food in its feet. Irish Proverb