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Meaning
Noun
●
A
hoofed
mammal
, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout
history
for
riding
and
draft
work.
Any
member
of the
species
Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's
horse
and the
extinct
Equus ferus ferus.
A large and
sturdy
person.
A
timber
frame
shaped
like a
horse
, which
soldiers
were made to
ride
for punishment.
●
In Zoology:
A
hoofed
mammal
, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout
history
for
riding
and
draft
work.
Any current or
extinct
animal
of the family Equidae, including
zebras
and asses.
●
In Military:
A
hoofed
mammal
, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout
history
for
riding
and
draft
work.
Cavalry
soldiers
(sometimes
capitalized
when
referring
to an
official
category).
●
In Chess:
A
hoofed
mammal
, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout
history
for
riding
and
draft
work.
A
component
of certain games.
The
chess piece
representing
a
knight
,
depicted
as a horse.
●
In Xiangqi:
A
hoofed
mammal
, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout
history
for
riding
and
draft
work.
A
component
of certain games.
A
xiangqi
piece
that
moves
and
captures
one point
orthogonally
and then one point diagonally.
●
Equipment with legs.
In
gymnastics
, a
piece
of
equipment
with a body on two or
four
legs
,
approximately
four
feet
high, sometimes (
pommel horse
) with two
handles
on top.
A
frame
with
legs
, used to support something.
●
In Nautical:
Type of equipment.
A
rope
stretching
along a
yard
, upon which
men
stand
when
reefing
or
furling
the
sails
; footrope.
A
breastband
for a leadsman.
An
iron
bar
for a
sheet
traveller
to
slide
upon.
A jackstay.
●
In Mining:
A
mass
of
earthy
matter
, or
rock
of the same
character
as the
wall
rock
,
occurring
in the
course
of a
vein
,
as of
coal
or
ore
; hence, to
take horse
(said of a
vein
) is to
divide
into
branches
for a distance.
●
In American English:
An
informal
variant
of
basketball
in which
player
s
match
shots
made by their opponent(s), each
miss
adding
a
letter
to the
word
"horse", with 5
misses
spelling
the whole
word
and
eliminating
a
player
, until only the
winner
is
left
. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).
●
The
flesh
of a
horse
as an
item
of cuisine.
●
A
prison guard
who
smuggles
contraband
in or out for
prison
ers.
●
A
translation
or other
illegitimate
aid
in study or examination.
●
Horseplay; tomfoolery.
●
Heroin (drug).
●
In Poker:
A
poker variant
consisting of
five
different
poker variant
s, with the
rules
changing
from one
variant
to the next after every hand.
●
Alternative
spelling
of
horse
(“variant of basketball”)
Verb
●
Synonym of
horse
around
●
To
play
mischievous
pranks
on.
●
To provide with a
horse
; supply
horses
for.
●
To
get on
horseback.
●
To
sit
astride
of; to bestride.
●
To
copulate with
(a mare).
●
To take or
carry on
the back.
●
To place (someone)
on the back of
another person, or on a
wooden horse
,
chair
, etc; to be
flogged
or punished.
To flog.
●
To
pull
,
haul
, or
move
(something) with great
effort
, like a
horse
would.
●
To
cram
(food)
quickly
,
indiscriminately
or in great volume.
●
To
urge
at work
tyrannically.
●
To
charge
for work before it is finished.
Name
●
The
seventh
of the 12-year
cycle
of
animals
which
appear
in the Chinese
zodiac
related to the Chinese calendar.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
horse
English
horse
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
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Cheval
Equine
Horse
Horsy
Keffel
Prad
Widge
Knight
Dobbin
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Trot
Nag
Steed
Horseflesh
Horsemeat
Hoss
Hawss
Smack
Heroin
Horsie
Pommel Horse
Vaulting Horse
Horse About
Horse Around
Recreational Drug
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