horse

noun horses · harse · hawss · hoss

1. countable, uncountable A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.
2. countable, uncountable Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.
3. countable, uncountable Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses. These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.

   Similar: caple

4. countable, uncountable A male horse, as opposed to a mare. ‘That’s not a mare; that’s a b--- horse!’
5. sometimes, uncountable Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category). We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
6. countable, informal, uncountable The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse. Now just remind me how the horse moves again?

   Similar: knight

7. countable, uncountable A xiangqi piece that moves and captures one point orthogonally and then one point diagonally.
8. countable, slang, uncountable A large and sturdy person. Every linebacker they have is a real horse.
9. countable, historical, uncountable A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

   Similar: Morgan's mule, Spanish donkey

10. countable, uncountable 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. She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse.
11. countable, uncountable A frame with legs, used to support something. a clothes horse; a sawhorse
12. countable, uncountable A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope. The old “horse” has made way for the “foot-rope", though we still retain the term “Flemish horse" for the short foot-rope at the top-sail yard-arms
13. countable, uncountable A breastband for a leadsman.
14. countable, uncountable An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
15. countable, uncountable A jackstay. But in all the wild tumult he noticed, and never forgot, the wicked, set little eye—something like a circus elephant's eye—of a whale that drove along almost level with the water, and, so he said, winked at him. Three boats found their rodings fouled by these reckless mid-sea hunters, and were towed
16. countable, uncountable 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.
17. US, countable, uncountable An informal variant of basketball in which players 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 WikipediaWikipedia ).
18. uncountable The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine. She said: "I'm starved. I could eat a horse." I told her she was lying, because I had once eaten horse.
19. countable, slang, uncountable A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners. This "horse" (a slang term for prison officers who smuggle contraband into the institution) was probably able "to stay in business" for such a long time because he only "packed" for powerful, trustworthy prisoners […]
20. countable, dated, slang, uncountable A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

    Similar: dobbin, pony, trot

21. countable, dated, slang, uncountable Horseplay; tomfoolery.
22. countable, slang, uncountable A player who has been staked, i.e. another player has paid for their buy-in and claims a percentage of any winnings.

Similar: widge, cheval, horsy, nag, prad, steed, horseflesh, horsemeat, equine, horse, keffel, pommel horse, vaulting horse

verb horses · horsing · horsed

1. intransitive Synonym of horse around. "Stop horsing, and guess how many kids!"

   Similar: horse about, horse around

2. transitive To play mischievous pranks on. Was someone horsing her? Was it Josh's idea of a joke? For some moments she sat, plump hands with long pointed pink nails, toying with the envelope. Then she went to the telephone and called[…]
3. transitive To provide with a horse; supply horses for. being better horsed, outrode me
4. obsolete To get on horseback. He horsed himself well.
5. To sit astride of; to bestride. Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.
6. of a male horse To copulate with (a mare).
7. To take or carry on the back. keepers, horsing the deer
8. To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished. So they brought him out and horsed him upon the back of Planter George, and whipped him until he fell quivering in the dust.
9. broadly To flog. [N]otwithstanding the intercession of his governor, who begged earnestly that his punishment might be mitigated, our unfortunate hero was publickly horsed, in terrorem of all whom it might concern.
10. transitive To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would. [A] country-ship from China to Bombay, standing into the strait at noon with a strong tide and scant wind, stood too near Pedro Branco before tacking, and was totally lost, by the tide horsing her upon the rock whilst in stays.
11. informal To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume. The Spaniards spend generations honing the subtle flavours of their delightful tapas and you're horsing it into your mouth as though it was a fried egg roll with brown sauce.'
12. dated, transitive To urge at work tyrannically.
13. dated, intransitive To charge for work before it is finished.
14. dated, slang To cheat at schoolwork by means of a translation or other illegitimate aid.

noun

1. slang, uncountable Heroin (drug). Riccio nodded toward a boy across the floor and said, “See that kid? He’s on dope.” The boy was standing against a wall, staring vacantly at the dancers, his face fixed in a gentle, faraway smile. Every few seconds, he would wipe his nose with the back of his hand. “Man, that Jo-Jo!” Benny said. “He

   Similar: H, smack, Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, dugee

Similar: equine, horse, keffel

noun horse · H.O.R.S.E.

1. uncountable A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one variant to the next after every hand.

noun horse · H.O.R.S.E.

1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of horse (“a variant of basketball”).

proper noun

1. A surname.
2. The seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.