horse

horse1 [ hɔrs ] noun ***

1. ) count a large animal that people ride. The sound a horse makes is called neighing. The male horse is called a stallion and the female is called a mare. A young horse is called a foal.

2. ) count a piece of equipment shaped like a large box that is used in GYMNASTICS

3. ) the horses plural INFORMAL the sport of horse racing, or the activity of BETTING money on the results of horse races

4. ) uncount INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED the drug HEROIN

back/pick the wrong horse

to choose the wrong thing or person for a particular purpose

beat a dead horse

to waste time on something you know is not going to happen

change horses in midstream

to change your mind about something in the middle of doing it

from the horse's mouth INFORMAL

information from the horse's mouth comes from someone who is directly involved

get on/off your high horse

to behave/stop behaving as if you know more or are better than anyone else

hold your horses INFORMAL

used for telling someone to wait before doing something

I could eat a horse

used for saying that you are very hungry

wild horses couldn't/wouldn't drag someone somewhere or wild horses couldn't/wouldn't make someone do something

used for emphasizing that someone is determined not to do something

you can lead/take a horse to water but you can't make him drink

used for saying that you can try to help someone do something but they may still choose not to do it

=> CART1, GIFT

horse

horse 2 [ hɔrs ] verb

,horse a`round phrasal verb intransitive

to play in a very lively or rough way