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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024horse /hɔrs/USA pronunciation n., pl. hors•es, (esp. when thought of as a group) horse, v., horsed, hors•ing, adj. n. - Mammals[countable] a large mammal with solid hooves, used for carrying or pulling loads and for riding.
- something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if riding on the back of such an animal:[countable]a rocking horse.
- Sport[countable] a wooden apparatus for exercising or performing gymnastics;
vaulting horse. - Slang Terms[uncountable]heroin
v. [no object] - Slang Terms horse around, [Informal.]to fool around;
play roughly.
Idioms- eat like a horse, to eat a great deal.
- Idioms from the horse's mouth, from a source that can be trusted or believed:I got the news straight from the horse's mouth.
- Idioms hold one's horses, [Informal.]to be patient:Hold your horses; we'll be there in a minute.
- Idioms look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024horse (hôrs),USA pronunciation n., pl. hors•es, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, hors•ing, adj. n. - Mammalsa large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- Mammalsa fully mature male animal of this type;
stallion. - Mammalsany of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family Equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and ass, having a thick, flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck and bearing the weight on only one functioning digit, the third, which is widened into a round or spade-shaped hoof.
- something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal:rocking horse.
- BuildingAlso called trestle. a frame, block, etc., with legs, on which something is mounted or supported.
- Sport[Gymnastics.]
- See vaulting horse.
- See pommel horse.
- Building[Carpentry.]carriage (def. 7).
- soldiers serving on horseback;
cavalry:a thousand horse. - Slang Termsa man;
fellow. - Informal TermsOften, horses. horsepower.
- Slang Terms horses, the power or capacity to accomplish something, as by having enough money, personnel, or expertise:Our small company doesn't have the horses to compete against a giant corporation.
- Chessa knight.
- Slang Termsa crib, translation, or other illicit aid to a student's recitation;
trot;
pony. - Mininga mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein.
- Nautical, Naval Termstraveler (def. 6b).
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Shipbuilding.]a mold of a curved frame, esp. one used when the complexity of the curves requires laying out at full size.
- Slang Termsheroin.
- Idioms back the wrong horse, to be mistaken in judgment, esp. in backing a losing candidate.
- Idioms beat or flog a dead horse, to attempt to revive a discussion, topic, or idea that has waned, been exhausted, or proved fruitless.
- from the horse's mouth, [Informal.]on good authority;
from the original or a trustworthy source:I have it straight from the horse's mouth that the boss is retiring. - hold one's horses, [Informal.]to check one's impulsiveness;
be patient or calm:Hold your horses! I'm almost ready. - Idioms horse of another color, something entirely different. Also, horse of a different color.
- Idioms look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift.
- Idioms To horse! Mount your horse! Ride!
v.t. - to provide with a horse or horses.
- to set on horseback.
- to set or carry on a person's back or on one's own back.
- Building[Carpentry.]to cut notches for steps into (a carriage beam).
- to move with great physical effort or force:It took three men to horse the trunk up the stairs.
- Slang Terms
- to make (a person) the target of boisterous jokes.
- to perform boisterously, as a part or a scene in a play.
- [Naut.]
- Naval Termsto caulk (a vessel) with a hammer.
- Naval Termsto work or haze (a sailor) cruelly or unfairly.
- [Archaic.]to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged.
v.i. - to mount or go on a horse.
- Animal Husbandry(of a mare) to be in heat.
- Slang Terms[Vulgar.]to have coitus.
- horse around, [Slang.]to fool around;
indulge in horseplay.
adj. - of, for, or pertaining to a horse or horses:the horse family; a horse blanket.
- drawn or powered by a horse or horses.
- mounted or serving on horses:horse troops.
- unusually large.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English, Old English hors; cognate with Old Norse hross, Dutch ros, German Ross (Middle High German ros, Old High German hros); (verb, verbal) Middle English horsen to provide with horses, Old English horsian, derivative of the noun, nominal
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