horse
/hoɹs/ verb C2- Synonym of horse around.
- To play mischievous pranks on.
- To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- To copulate with (a mare).
- To take or carry on the back.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.
- To flog.
He/she/it horses · Past horsed · Past participle horsed · -ing form horsing
Verb forms
- Base form
- horse
- He/she/it
- horses
- Past
- horsed
- Past participle
- horsed
- -ing form
- horsing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
I got the express wagons and cabs mostly for $5; but the trucks and two-horse teams mostly raised me to $10.
When the cobra runs for her life, she goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse’s neck.
When he reached Bright River there was no sign of any train; he thought he was too early, so he tied his horse in the yard of the small Bright River hotel and went over to the station house.
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