horsenoun
uk/hɔːs/us/hɔːrs/horse noun (ANIMAL)
A1 [ C ] a large animal with four legs that people ride on or use for carrying things or pulling vehicles:
to ride a horse
a horse and cart
the horses [ plural ] informal
horse races where you try to win money by correctly guessing which horse will win:
He spends all his money on the horses.
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- He climbed onto his horse and set off at a relaxed trot down the lane.
- My horse is a bit timid and is easily frightened by traffic.
- We heard horses clip-clopping along the road.
- A total of 21 horses were entered for the race.
- It's a beautiful horse but a bit too frisky for an inexperienced rider.
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Horses & similar animals
- beast
- beast of burden idiom
- bronco
- brood mare
- brumby
- chestnut
- fetlock
- gelding
- horse-drawn
- hunter
- mane
- mare
- mule
- mustang
- nag
- palomino
- piebald
- skewbald
- thoroughbred
- zebra
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Gambling & bookmaking
horse noun (SPORTS EQUIPMENT)
[ C ] also vaulting horse a tall piece of equipment that people jump over in gymnastics
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Gymnastics
- asymmetric bars
- beam
- cartwheel
- free running
- gym
- gymnast
- gymnastics
- handstand
- headstand
- pommel horse
- ring
- somersault
- stand
- stand on your hands/head idiom
- the parallel bars
- trampoline
- trapeze
- uneven bars
- vault
horse noun (DRUG)
[ U ] slang → heroin
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Specific types of drug
- amyl nitrite
- antiretroviral
- blunt
- cisplatin
- coke
- corticosteroid
- designer drug
- dope
- downer
- hash
- junk
- marijuana
- methamphetamine
- mind-altering
- narcotic
- pep pill
- popper
- skunkweed
- stimulant
- weed
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Idiom(s)
(straight) from the horse's mouth
horses for courses
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink