greyhound

Meanings

1. A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.
2. A highball cocktail of vodka and grapefruit juice.
3. A swift steamer, especially an ocean steamer.

1. To leap rapidly across the surface of the water.

1. A bus run by Greyhound Lines.

Etymology

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.