horse
37 ENTRIES FOUND:
- horse (noun)
- horse (verb)
- horse–drawn (adjective)
- horse's ass (noun)
- horse chestnut (noun)
- horse laugh (noun)
- horse opera (noun)
- horse race (noun)
- horse sense (noun)
- horse show (noun)
- horse trade (noun)
- Arabian horse (noun)
- charley horse (noun)
- dark horse (noun)
- high horse (noun)
- one–horse (adjective)
- pommel horse (noun)
- quarter horse (noun)
- rocking horse (noun)
- saddle horse (noun)
- sea horse (noun)
- stalking horse (noun)
- Trojan horse (noun)
- white horses (noun)
- beat (verb)
- cart (noun)
- change (verb)
- color (noun)
- dead (adjective)
- different (adjective)
- eat (verb)
- flog (verb)
- gift (noun)
- hold (verb)
- look (verb)
- mouth (noun)
- wrong (adjective)
plural
horses
plural
horses
Britannica Dictionary definition of HORSE
1
[count]
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a large animal that is used for riding and for carrying and pulling things
— often used before another noun
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compare colt, filly, foal, gelding, mare, pony, stallion;
see also quarter horse, racehorse, workhorse
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ride/mount a horse
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a horse farm
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horse people [=people who raise or have a special interest in horses]
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[count]
3
horses
[plural]
informal
b
the horses
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horse races
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He lost a lot of money on the horses.
4
[count]
US, informal
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an athlete who is strong and who helps a team to win
— usually plural
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a team with the horses to win the pennant [=a team with the good players needed to win the pennant]
a horse of a different color
chiefly US, informal
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a very different thing or issue
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That's what we'll do when he gets here. But if he doesn't show up…well, that's a horse of a different color.
beat a dead horse
(chiefly US) informal or flog a dead horse
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to keep talking about a subject that has already been discussed or decided
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I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened.
2
:
to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible
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Is it just beating a dead horse to ask for another recount of the votes?
change horses in midstream
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to choose a different leader or policy during a time when serious problems are being dealt with
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a politician whose slogan for reelection is “Don't change horses in midstream”
eat a horse
informal
◊ Someone who is very hungry can be described as being hungry enough to eat a horse.
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I didn't eat today and now I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
from the horse's mouth
informal, of information
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from the original source or person and therefore thought to be true
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I know it's hard to believe but I heard it (straight) from the horse's mouth.
hold your horses
informal
— used to tell someone to slow down, stop, or wait for a short time
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“Hurry up. We need to get going.” “Hold your horses. I'll be ready in a minute.”
look a gift horse in the mouth
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to look in a critical way at something that has been given to you
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I noticed the guitar wasn't made of real wood, but I didn't say anything because you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
put the cart before the horse
the wrong horse
◊ If you choose/pick/back (etc.) the wrong horse, you choose or support someone or something that is not successful.
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The company has been losing money, and many investors are beginning to feel that they may have backed the wrong horse.
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see also charley horse, dark horse, high horse, hobbyhorse, one-horse, rocking horse, sea horse, stalking horse, trojan horse
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horse
/ˈhoɚs/
verb
horses;
horsed;
horsing
2
horse
/ˈhoɚs/
verb
horses;
horsed;
horsing
Britannica Dictionary definition of HORSE
horse around
[phrasal verb] informal or British horse about
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to play in a rough or loud way
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to engage in horseplay
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They were horsing around instead of studying.
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He horsed around with the kids for a while.
