horsy
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horsy
- /ˈhɔːsi/ UK
- /ˈhɔɹsi/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)si
Where it comes from
From horse + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German rössich (“horselike, equipped with a horse”).
adjective horsier · horsiest · horsey · horsie
- Of, relating to, or similar to horses. All the horses had been seized and sent to the front, but the whole place still smelt of horse-piss and rotten oats. I was at the barracks about a week. Chiefly I remember the horsy smells, the quavering bugle-calls […]
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Involved in breeding or riding horses.
Opposite: unhorsy
- Clumsy, clunky, bulky, inelegant, or unrefined. Near-synonym: crude
noun horsies · horsey · horsie
- A child's term or name for a horse.
- A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours. When he got in the house, if I'd left him to read his newspaper in quiet, then he'd play horsey with me, riding me around the house on his back; I'd put a pillow on his back for my saddle
Similar: gee-gee
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noun
Similar: gee-gee
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Talk about this word "horsy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/horsy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. horsy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/horsy "horsy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/horsy.Cite this
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