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horse
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hô(r)s, IPA(key): /h??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /h??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
- Homophone: hoarse (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English horse, hors, from Old English hors (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hors, *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hruss? (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *?r?sós (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run”). Cognate with North Frisian hors (“horse”), West Frisian hoars (“horse”), Dutch ros, hors (“horse”), German Ross (“horse”), Danish hors (“horse”), Swedish russ, hors (“horse”), Icelandic hross, hors (“horse”).
Noun
horse (plural horses)
- Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
- A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
- (military, sometimes uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
- (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
- (slang) A large and sturdy person.
- (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
- Synonyms: Morgan's mule, Spanish donkey
- A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
- Equipment with legs.
- 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.
- A frame with legs, used to support something.
- 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.
- (nautical) Type of equipment.
- A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
- A breastband for a leadsman.
- An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.
- A jackstay.
- 1887, William Clark Russell, A Book for the Hammock
- 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
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- 1887, William Clark Russell, A Book for the Hammock
- (mining) 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.
- (slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
- 1962, Cape Fear, 00:15:20
- Check that shirt. I got a couple of jolts of horse stashed under the collar
- 1962, Cape Fear, 00:15:20
- (US) 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 Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).
- (dated, slang, among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
- (dated, slang, among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
Usage notes
The noun can be used attributively in compounds and phrases to add the sense of large and/or coarse.
Synonyms
- (animal): caple (obsolete or dialectal), cheval (obsolete), horsie, nag, prad, steed; see also Thesaurus:horse
- (gymnastic equipment): pommel horse, vaulting horse
- (chess piece): knight
- (illegitimate study aid): dobbin, pony, trot
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Maori: h?iho
- ? Quiripi: hosses (from the plural horses)
Translations
See also
- Horse-related English words
Etymology 2
From Middle English horsen, from Old English horsian (“to horse, provide with horses”) and ?ehorsian (“to horse, set or mount on a horse, supply with horses”), from the noun (see above).
Verb
horse (third-person singular simple present horses, present participle horsing, simple past and past participle horsed)
- (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
- 1989, Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (script)
- "Genghis Khan! Abe Lincoln! That’s funny until someone gets hurt."
But Genghis Khan and Lincoln keep horsing around.
- "Genghis Khan! Abe Lincoln! That’s funny until someone gets hurt."
- 1943, Ted W. Lawson and Bob Consodine, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
- I told him that if I passed out before we got to a hospital I wanted him to see to it that no quack horsed around with my leg.
- 1989, Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (script)
- (transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- (obsolete) To get on horseback.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "Cupid's Arrows":
- He horsed himself well.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, "Cupid's Arrows":
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, II. i. 203:
- Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, II. i. 203:
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
- To take or carry on the back.
- c. 1667, Samuel Butler, Characters
- keepers, horsing the deer
- c. 1667, Samuel Butler, Characters
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; (hence) to flog.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.20:
- [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.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.20:
- (transitive, dated) To urge at work tyrannically.
- (intransitive, dated) To charge for work before it is finished.
Derived terms
- horse around
- unhorse
Translations
Etymology 3
Unknown
Noun
horse (uncountable)
- (uncountable, slang) Heroin (drug).
- Alright, mate, got any horse?
Synonyms
- (heroin): H, smack
Translations
Further reading
- horse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- RSeOH, Rohes, Shore, hoers, hoser, shero, shoer, shore
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic *hross, from Proto-Germanic *hruss? (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“run”).
Noun
horse
- Alternative form of hors
Etymology 2
From Old English *h?rs, variant of h?s.
Adjective
horse
- Alternative form of hos
Etymology 3
Verb
horse
- Alternative form of horsen (“to provide with a horse”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
horse f (definite singular horsa, indefinite plural horser, definite plural horsene)
- a mare
- (derogatory) frivolous woman
Verb
horse (present tense horsar, past tense horsa, past participle horsa, passive infinitive horsast, present participle horsande, imperative hors)
- (intransitive, of a stallion) to run around amongst the mares
- (intransitive, of a man) to run around, chiefly drunkenly
Scots
Etymology
From Old English hors.
Noun
horse (plural horse)
- horse
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zoo
English
Etymology
Clipping of zoological garden, now the usual form. See zoology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Noun
zoo (plural zoos)
- A park where live animals are exhibited.
- (informal, figuratively) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
- (US, military, slang) The jungle.
- 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)
- I'm not all that unhappy about being out on an actual patrol, but there's a worried feeling wandering around the back of my mind, not exactly fear, more like a sort of lurking anxiety at being out in the dreaded jungle, the zoo, where the enemy hides.
- 2013, E. E. "Doc" Murdock, My Vietnam War (page 152)
- (slang) A zoophile.
- 2013, Mark Hawthorne, Bleating Hearts: The Hidden World of Animal Suffering
- Zoophiles, or 'zoos,' are sexually and emotionally attracted to animals, as in a sexual orientation.
- 2016, Jessica Pierce, Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets (page 129)
- Bestiality or zoophilia—whatever we decide to call it—is one of the most pressing issues for all domesticated animals, […] From the scanty research available, the following picture emerges: the majority of zoos are male, though certainly not all; […]
- 2013, Mark Hawthorne, Bleating Hearts: The Hidden World of Animal Suffering
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?zo.o/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?zo.u/
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos)
- Clipping of zoològic.
Further reading
- “zoo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Noun
zoo f
- zoo
Synonyms
- zoologická zahrada
Danish
Etymology
From English zoo
Noun
zoo c (singular definite zooen, plural indefinite zooer)
- a zoo, zoological garden
Synonyms
- zoologisk have
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /zo?/
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /zu?/, /zo?/
- Hyphenation: zoo
- Rhymes: -o?
Etymology 1
Probably a borrowing from French zoo. Equivalent to a shortening of zoölogische tuin.
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos, diminutive zootje n)
- (chiefly Belgium) zoo
Synonyms
- dierentuin, diergaarde
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adverb
zoo
- Archaic spelling of zo.
Esperanto
Etymology
Clipping of zoologia ?ardeno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?zoo/
- Hyphenation: zo?o
- Rhymes: -oo
Noun
zoo (accusative singular zoon, plural zooj, accusative plural zoojn)
- zoo
Synonyms
- besto?ardeno
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo/, /zo.o/
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos)
- zoo
Related terms
- zoologique
Further reading
- “zoo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?z?.o/
Noun
zoo m (invariable)
- zoo
Related terms
- giardino zoologico
Malay
Etymology
From English zoo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zu/
- Rhymes: -zu, -u
Noun
zoo
- zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)
Synonyms
- kebun binatang
- taman haiwan
Polish
Etymology
From English zoo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z??/
Noun
zoo n (indeclinable)
- (zoology) zoo (park where live animals are exhibited)
- Synonym: ogród zoologiczny
Further reading
- zoo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- zoo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- zôo (superseded)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?zo.u/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?zo.u/, /?zow/
- Rhymes: -o.u
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos)
- Clipping of zoológico.
Verb
zoo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of zoar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /??oo/, [??o.o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?soo/, [?so.o]
Noun
zoo m (plural zoos)
- zoo
Related terms
- zoológico
Further reading
- “zoo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su?/
- Homophone: so
Noun
zoo n
- zoo
Declension
Related terms
- zoo-
References
- zoo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-?r??H (“good”). Cognate with Iu Mien longx.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
Adjective
zoo
- good
Derived terms
- mus zoo
- nyob zoo
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?[2], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.
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