horse

horse¹ W1S3 [ho:s US ho:rs] n

[: Old English; Origin: hors]

1.)

a large strong animal that people ride and use for pulling heavy things

→↑pony, equine ↑equine, equestrian ↑equestrian

▪ a horse and cart

▪ Lee had never ridden a horse before.

2.) the horses

BrE informal horse races

▪ Jim likes a bet on the horses.

3.)

a piece of sports equipment in a ↑gymnasium that people jump over

4.) (straight/right) from the horse's mouth

if you hear or get information straight from the horse's mouth, you are told it by someone who has direct knowledge of it

5.) horses for courses

BrE the process of matching people with suitable jobs or activities

6.) a two/three/four etc horse race

a competition or an election that only two etc competitors can win

7.) a horse of a different color

a horse of another color AmE

something that is completely different from another thing

8.) horse sense

old-fashioned sensible judgement gained from experience

= ↑common sense

9.) [U] old-fashioned informal ↑heroin

→↑dark horse,never/don't look a gift horse in the mouth at ↑gift, be flogging a dead horse at ↑flog, hold your horses at ↑hold¹ (15), put the cart before the horse at ↑cart¹ (4), ↑stalking horse, ↑white horses

horse ²

horse² v

horse around/about phr v

informal to play roughly

→↑horseplay

▪ Stop horsing around - you'll break something!