noun
pl. hors′es or- a domesticated or wild, perissodactylous mammal (Equus caballus), raised in many breeds, having a large body and head, four usually long, thin legs, and a long, flowing tail: horses have been ridden, used to pull loads, etc. since ancient times
- the full-grown male of the horse; gelding or stallion
- anything like a horse in that a person sits, rides, or is carried on it
- a device, esp. a frame with legs, to support something; specif.,
- sawhorse
- a clotheshorse
- a man regarded as resembling a horse, as in having great strength or endurance
- Informal, Chess a knight
- Informal pony (sense )
- Slang
- horsepower (sense )
- [pl.] horsepower (sense )
- heroin
- Gym. a padded block on legs, used for vaulting events
- [with pl. v.]Brit., Mil. mounted troops; cavalry
- Mining a mass of earth or rock inside a vein or coal seam
Origin of horse
Middle English hors from Old English hors, hros, akin to German ross (OHG hros), probably from Indo-European base an unverified form (s)ker-, to leap (or from uncertain or unknown; perhaps an unverified form ?ers-, to run from source Classical Latin cursus)transitive verb
horsed, hors′ing- to supply with a horse or horses; put on horseback
- Informal to shove; push
to mount or go on horseback
- of a horse or horses
- mounted on horses
- large, strong, or coarse of its kind: horse mackerel
horse Idioms
back the wrong horse
- to bet on a horse that loses the race
- to choose or support the losing side
beat a dead horse
Informal to argue an issue that is already settled
from the horse's mouth
Informal from the original or authoritative source of information
hold one's horses
Informal to curb one's impatience
horse around
Slang- to engage in horseplay
- to spend time in pointless or trifling activity
horse of another color
an entirely different matter
on one's high horse
Informal acting in an arrogant, haughty, or disdainful manner
to horse!
get on your horse! mount!
