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colt
English
Etymology
From Middle English colt, from Old English colt (“young donkey, young camel”), from Proto-Germanic *kultaz (“plump; stump; thick shape, bulb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“something round, pregnant belly, child in the womb”), from *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Faroese koltur (“colt, foal”) Norwegian kult (“treestump”), Swedish kult (“young boar, boy, lad”). Related to child.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??lt/, [k??lt], (also) /k?lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ko?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt
Noun
colt (plural colts)
- A young male horse.
- Coordinate term: filly
- A young crane (bird).
- (figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, I. ii. 38:
- Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but / talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation to / his own good parts that he can shoe him himself.
- (cricket, slang) A professional cricketer during his first season.
- 1882, The Downside Review (volume 1, page 287)
- The bowling is more promising in the colts than in the eleven.
- 1882, The Downside Review (volume 1, page 287)
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, I. ii. 38:
- (nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
- (biblical) A young camel or donkey.
Derived terms
- colt's tooth
Translations
Verb
colt (third-person singular simple present colts, present participle colting, simple past and past participle colted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To horse; to get with young.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, II. iv. 133:
- Never talk on't: / She hath been colted by him.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, II. iv. 133:
- (obsolete, transitive) To befool.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, II. ii. 36:
- What a plague mean ye to colt me thus?
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, II. ii. 36:
- To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
- They shook off their bridles and began to colt.
Synonyms
- (to act licentiously or wantonly): See Thesaurus:harlotize
See also
- stallion, mare, foal, filly, horseling
Further reading
- colt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- colt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- TLOC, clot
French
Noun
colt m (plural colts)
- Colt (gun)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- colte, cowlt
Etymology
From Old English colt, from Proto-Germanic *kultaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?lt/, /k??lt/
Noun
colt (plural coltes)
- A juvenile equid or camel; a colt.
- (derogatory, rare) A human child.
Descendants
- English: colt
- Scots: colt, cout, cowt
- Yola: caule, caul, kawle
References
- “colt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
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billy
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?li
Etymology 1
- Of obscure origin. Perhaps from the name Billy, a diminutive of William, or a variant of bully (“companion, mate, comrade”). Compare Scots billie (“a comrade; companion”).
- (condom): From the E-Rotic song Willy, Use a Billy... Boy.
Noun
billy (plural billies)
- A billy club.
- A billy goat.
- 1970 August, Valerius Geist, Mountain Goat Mysteries, Field & Stream, page 62,
- Then, during three days, I was amazed to see nannies with kids attack and chase off large billies.
- 1992, Dwight R. Schuh, Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus), in Bowhunter's Encyclopedia, page 276,
- In fact, distinguishing between billies and nannies isn't necessarily a sure thing.
- A male goat; a ram.
- 1970 August, Valerius Geist, Mountain Goat Mysteries, Field & Stream, page 62,
- (Tyneside) A good friend.
- (slang) A condom.
- A slubbing or roving machine.
- 1840, The Citizen, page 347,
- […] at the time there existed in Dublin and its immediate neighbourhood, “forty-five manufacturers, having twenty-two billies, giving employment to 2885 work people, on whom depended for support 7386 individuals, manufacturing 29,312 pieces of cloth, of various qualities, valued at £336,380.”
- 1840, The Citizen, page 347,
Derived terms
- billy buttons
- billy cart
- billygoat
- hillbilly
- Silly Billy, silly billy
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin, but probably extracted from Scots billypot (“a type of cooking pot”).
Noun
billy (plural billies)
- (Australia, New Zealand) A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.
- Let's get the billy and cook some beans.
- 1889, Ernest Giles, Australia Twice Traversed, 2004, page 239,
- We had been absent from civilisation, so long, that our tin billies, the only boiling utensils we had, got completely worn or burnt out at the bottoms, and as the boilings for glue and oil must still go on, what were we to do with billies with no bottoms?
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Loyalty," [4]
- Mother prepared a splendid picnic. […] Rugs, food and the black billy for making tea, were packed into the old baby buggy and we trundled it straight down Simcoe Street.
- 2011, Rod Moss, The Hard Light of Day: An Artist's Story of Friendships in Arrernte Country, unnumbered page,
- Over the fence, in a shallow gully 100 metres away, this guy and his wife were living on the dirt in the open weather with just a blanket, billies, a dog and a transistor radio. They didn't even have water.
- (Australia, slang) A bong for smoking marijuana.
Translations
Derived terms
- billy boy
- billy bread
- billycan, billy-can
- billyful
- billy lid
- billy tea
- Christmas billy
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Sceilig: Information Pack for Troops (p. 4)
- The Patrol goes to Camp (pp. 9, 11).
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