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horsepower
English
Etymology
horse +? power: the unit was originally defined as the amount of power that a horse could provide.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: hôrs?pou'?r, IPA(key): /?h??s?pa??/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôs?pou'?, IPA(key): /?h??s?pa??/
Noun
horsepower (countable and uncountable, plural horsepowers or horsepower)
- (uncountable) Power derived from the motion of a horse.
- 2003, Gavin Weightman, What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us (page 57)
- The wheel was to have been turned by horsepower, but it was adapted to be driven by a mill-wheel on the river Derwent […]
- 2003, Gavin Weightman, What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us (page 57)
- A non-metric unit of power (symbol hp) with various definitions, for different applications. The most common of them is probably the mechanical horsepower, approximately equal to 745.7 watts.
- 2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, chapter 2: “The age of gravity – time for work”, page 20:
- In the past, before the widespread adoption of SI units, the work that engines were capable of doing was compared with the work that horses could do – hence the term ‘horsepower’. Various people came up with various equivalencies, but the modern agreed definition is that 1 horsepower is 746 joules per second or 746 watts.
- 2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, chapter 2: “The age of gravity – time for work”, page 20:
- A metric unit (symbol often PS from the German abbreviation), approximately equal to 735.5 watts.
- (uncountable) Strength.
- political horsepower
Synonyms
- hp
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- shorepower
horsepower From the web:
- = 745.699872 watts
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pony
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??ni/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?po?ni/
- Rhymes: -??ni
Etymology 1
1659 from Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from pullus (cognate to English foal). Sense “small serving of alcohol” from 19th century, both for small sizes generally and for a quarter pint specifically, from the small size.
Noun
pony (plural ponies)
- A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- (regional) A small serving of an alcoholic beverage, especially beer.
- 1879, “Some Queer Interviews: Interview with a Pony of Beer”, Puck, Vol. 5–6, p. 435
- 1885, New York Journal, August:
- ‘I’m on the inside track,’ said a pony of beer as it went galloping down a man’s throat.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 193:
- Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.
- 2010, Dick Lynas, Pies Were for Thursdays: Tales from an Ordinary Glasgow East End Childhood, page 283,
- I did not even know what a ‘pony’, a small chaser of beer, was. But of course I could not admit that. So putting on an air of nonchalance, and a deep voice, I strolled into a pub with one of the other equally naive guys and we ordered two ponies of beer.
- ‘McEwans?’ asked the barman.
- ‘Naw - ponies’ said I.
- (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria) A serving of 140 millilitres of beer (formerly 5 fl oz); a quarter pint.
- (Britain, slang) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
- (US, slang) A translation used as a study aid; loosely, a crib, a cheat-sheet.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.104:
- She kept the dates written down in her Latin 'pony', so she didn't have to bother about who it was.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.104:
- (slang) A ponytail hairstyle.
- 2012, Amlynn Smith, Lost and Found (page 18)
- His hair is a semilong dull red and pulled back in a sloppy pony at the base of his neck, and his face is riddled with small freckles and grease, but out here I can see personal hygiene isn't exactly at the top of the priority list.
- 2012, Amlynn Smith, Lost and Found (page 18)
- (automotive, slang) One horsepower.
- (slang) A chorus girl of small stature.
- 1941, Thoda Cocroft, Great Names and how They are Made (page 140)
- He suggested a Rose Ballet in which he would use the G. V. Follies chorus girls, chiefly the ponies and mediums.
- 1941, Thoda Cocroft, Great Names and how They are Made (page 140)
Synonyms
- horseling
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pony (third-person singular simple present ponies, present participle ponying, simple past and past participle ponied)
- (transitive) To lead (a horse) from another horse.
- To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.
Etymology 2
Clipping of pony and trap, rhyming with crap.
Adjective
pony (not comparable)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Of little worth.
Noun
pony (plural ponies)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English pony.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.ni/
- (uncommon, in the meaning “pony, small horse”) IPA(key): /?po?.ni/
- Hyphenation: po?ny
- Rhymes: -?ni
Noun
pony m (plural pony's, diminutive pony'tje n)
- pony, small horse
- (by extension) hairstyle with a fringe/bangs
Derived terms
- verzorgpony
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: poni
See also
- paard
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English pony.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.ni/
Noun
pony m (invariable)
- pony
- pony express
Spanish
Noun
pony m (plural ponys)
- pony
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