horse
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[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: hô(r)s, IPA: /hɔː(r)s/, SAMPA: /hO:(r)s/
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- Homophone: hoarse (in some dialects)
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Old English hors, from Proto-Germanic *hrussan (compare West Frisian hoars, Dutch ros, German Ross (“steed”), Icelandic and Old Norse hross (“horse”) and Old Swedish and Gotlandic russ ("horse")), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sos (compare Welsh car (“wagon”), Latin currus (“chariot”)), from *ḱers- (“to run”). More at hurry.
[edit] Noun
horse (plural horses)
- A hoofed mammal (scientific name Equus caballus).
- A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
- (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
- These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.
- (uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (often capitalized).
- We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
- All the King's horses and all the King's Men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
- In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top.
- She's scored very highly with the parallel bars, let's see how she does with the horse.
- (chess) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a man in a suit of armor and often on a horse, hence the nickname.
- Now just remind me how the horse moves again?
- (slang) A large person.
- Every linebacker they have is a real horse.
- (nautical) A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; foot ropes.
- (slang) The sedative, anti-depressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
[edit] Usage notes
The standard plural in Old English was horse. This was replaced by the standard modern English plural horses in the seventeenth century, but the old plural is occasionally retained in military usage.
[edit] Synonyms
- (large hooved animal): stallion, horsie, nag, steed, mare, colt, filly, foal
- (gymnastic equipment): pommel horse, vaulting horse
- (chesspiece): knight
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terms derived from "horse"
phrases derived from "horse"
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[edit] Translations
large hoofed animal
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animal of the same family as the horse
cavalry soldiers
gymnastic equipment
knight in chess
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[edit] Verb
horse (third-person singular simple present horses, present participle horsing, simple past and past participle horsed)
- (transitive) To provide with a horse.
- (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischieviously. Usually followed by "around".
- If you're going to horse around, we'll never get this done.
- (obsolete) To get on horseback.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shelton to this entry?)
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to provide with a horse
[edit] Etymology 2
Unknown
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horse (uncountable)
- (uncountable, slang) Heroin.
- Alright, mate, got any horse?
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slang: heroin
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